diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..050b99fe83b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  pythonRelaxDepsHook,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libmambapy,
+  hatchling,
+  hatch-vcs,
+  boltons,
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "conda-libmamba-solver";
+  version = "24.1.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit pname version;
+    owner = "conda";
+    repo = "conda-libmamba-solver";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-vsUYrDVNMKHd3mlaAFYCP4uPQ9HxeKsose5O8InaMcE=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pythonRelaxDepsHook ];
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+    hatch-vcs
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    boltons
+    libmambapy
+  ];
+
+  # this package depends on conda for the import to run succesfully, but conda depends on this package to execute.
+  # pythonImportsCheck = [ "conda_libmamba_solver" ];
+
+  pythonRemoveDeps = [ "conda" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The libmamba based solver for conda.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/conda/conda-libmamba-solver";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ericthemagician ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a4505bbb1326..3ed97ac894f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2394,6 +2394,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   conda = callPackage ../development/python-modules/conda { };
 
+  conda-libmamba-solver = callPackage ../development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver { };
+
   confection = callPackage ../development/python-modules/confection { };
 
   configargparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/configargparse { };