diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-filter-subpackage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-filter-subpackage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6caf4d9c772e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-filter-subpackage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, pytestcov
+, pytest-doctestplus
+, pytestCheckHook
+, setuptools_scm
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytest-filter-subpackage";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1s4s2kd31yc65rfvl4xhy8xx806xhy59kc7668h6b6wq88xgrn5p";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools_scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytest-doctestplus
+    pytestcov
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  # missing some files
+  disabledTests = [ "with_rst" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Meta-package containing dependencies for testing";
+    homepage = "https://astropy.org";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bf689aa4ba57..f3675f05743a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2498,6 +2498,8 @@ in {
 
   pytest-astropy-header = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-astropy-header { };
 
+  pytest-filter-subpackage = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-filter-subpackage { };
+
   pytest-benchmark = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-benchmark { };
 
   pytestcache = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytestcache { };