diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cuda-pathfinder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cuda-pathfinder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ca842a476d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cuda-pathfinder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  setuptools,
+  setuptools-scm,
+
+  # tests
+  pytest-mock,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "cuda-pathfinder";
+  version = "1.4.0";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "NVIDIA";
+    repo = "cuda-python";
+    tag = "cuda-pathfinder-v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Bsou6vLyMBNbVMPT4vtnWpoi05lXG6pjhuee6Hg/Mm8=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/cuda_pathfinder";
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "cuda"
+    "cuda.pathfinder"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "one-stop solution for locating CUDA components";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-python/tree/main/cuda_pathfinder";
+    changelog = "https://nvidia.github.io/cuda-python/cuda-pathfinder/${finalAttrs.version}/release/${finalAttrs.version}-notes.html";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1d89c5e30dd5..5749d69bc2fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3386,6 +3386,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   cuda-bindings = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cuda-bindings { };
 
+  cuda-pathfinder = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cuda-pathfinder { };
+
   cupy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cupy {
     cudaPackages =
       # CuDNN 9 is not supported: