diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index cad4eeaf..08f9ab3a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -635,6 +635,19 @@
           path = ./templates/env/python-data;
           description = "python environment for data processing";
         };
+
+        pkgs.make = {
+          # initialize with:
+          # - `nix flake init -t '/home/colin/dev/nixos/#pkgs.make'`
+          path = ./templates/pkgs/make;
+          description = "default Makefile-based derivation";
+        };
+        pkgs.python = {
+          # initialize with:
+          # - `nix flake init -t '/home/colin/dev/nixos/#pkgs.python'`
+          path = ./templates/pkgs/python;
+          description = "python package";
+        };
         pkgs.rust-inline = {
           # initialize with:
           # - `nix flake init -t '/home/colin/dev/nixos/#pkgs.rust-inline'`
@@ -647,12 +660,6 @@
           path = ./templates/pkgs/rust;
           description = "rust package fit to ship in nixpkgs";
         };
-        pkgs.make = {
-          # initialize with:
-          # - `nix flake init -t '/home/colin/dev/nixos/#pkgs.make'`
-          path = ./templates/pkgs/make;
-          description = "default Makefile-based derivation";
-        };
       };
     };
 }
diff --git a/templates/pkgs/python/default.nix b/templates/pkgs/python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e02c3d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/pkgs/python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}: buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "mypackage";
+  version = "0.1-unstable-2024-06-04";
+  format = "pyproject";  # or setuptools
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "owner";
+    repo = "repo";
+    rev = "${version}";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    # other python modules this depends on, if this package is supposed to be importable
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "mymodule"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://example.com";
+    description = "python template project";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ colinsane ];
+  };
+}