diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-api/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c38fb19faf36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opentelemetry-api/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, deprecated
+, hatchling
+, importlib-metadata
+, opentelemetry-test-utils
+, setuptools
+, pytestCheckHook
+}:
+
+let
+  self = buildPythonPackage {
+    pname = "opentelemetry-api";
+    version = "1.18.0";
+    disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "open-telemetry";
+      repo = "opentelemetry-python";
+      rev = "refs/tags/v${self.version}";
+      hash = "sha256-h6XDzM29wYiC51S7OpBXvWFCfZ7DmIyGMG2pFjJV7pI=";
+      sparseCheckout = [ "/${self.pname}" ];
+    } + "/${self.pname}";
+
+    format = "pyproject";
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      hatchling
+    ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [
+      deprecated
+      importlib-metadata
+      setuptools
+    ];
+
+    nativeCheckInputs = [
+      opentelemetry-test-utils
+      pytestCheckHook
+    ];
+
+    pythonImportsCheck = [ "opentelemetry" ];
+
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    # Enable tests via passthru to avoid cyclic dependency with opentelemetry-test-utils.
+    passthru.tests.${self.pname} = self.overridePythonAttrs { doCheck = true; };
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      homepage = "https://opentelemetry.io";
+      description = "OpenTelemetry Python API";
+      license = licenses.asl20;
+      maintainers = teams.deshaw.members;
+    };
+  };
+in self
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 52ac8c363123..788b8e34c9c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7094,6 +7094,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   opentimestamps = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentimestamps { };
 
+  opentelemetry-api = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentelemetry-api { };
+
   opentelemetry-proto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentelemetry-proto { };
 
   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions { };