diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmgbuild/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmgbuild/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e0a8f3ef11387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmgbuild/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  ds-store,
+  importlib-resources,
+  mac-alias,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dmgbuild";
+  version = "1.6.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dmgbuild";
+    repo = "dmgbuild";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-PozYxmXumFnptIgb4FM4b/Q5tx0MIS2bVw2kCuGucA8=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # relax all deps
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "==" ">="
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    ds-store
+    importlib-resources
+    mac-alias
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "dmgbuild"
+  ];
+
+  # require permissions to access TextEditor.app
+  # https://github.com/dmgbuild/dmgbuild/blob/refs/tags/v1.6.2/tests/examples/settings.py#L17
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "MacOS command line utility to build disk images";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dmgbuild/dmgbuild";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/dmgbuild/dmgbuild/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ moraxyc ];
+    mainProgram = "dmgbuild";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 80f3bf74988ba..0109d1e1ad92b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3622,6 +3622,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   dmenu-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dmenu { };
 
+  dmgbuild = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dmgbuild { };
+
   dmt-core = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dmt-core { };
 
   dm-control = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dm-control { };