diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plugincode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plugincode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7270685f41b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plugincode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchPypi
+, buildPythonPackage
+, setuptools-scm
+, click
+, commoncode
+, pluggy
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pytest-xdist
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "plugincode";
+  version = "21.1.21";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "97b5a2c96f0365c80240be103ecd86411c68b11a16f137913cbea9129c54907a";
+  };
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    click
+    commoncode
+    pluggy
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-xdist
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "plugincode"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A library that provides plugin functionality for ScanCode toolkit";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/plugincode";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = teams.determinatesystems.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d243e5f3e2ab..7b7accd9b5be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5329,6 +5329,8 @@ in {
 
   pluggy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pluggy { };
 
+  plugincode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plugincode { };
+
   pluginbase = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pluginbase { };
 
   plugnplay = callPackage ../development/python-modules/plugnplay { };