diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-providers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-providers/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1b824716d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-providers/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, nix-update-script
+, packaging
+, platformdirs
+, pydantic_1
+, pyyaml
+, requests-unixsocket
+, setuptools
+, setuptools-scm
+, urllib3
+, pytest-check
+, pytest-mock
+, pytestCheckHook
+, responses
+, freezegun
+, pytest-subprocess
+, pytest-logdog
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "craft-providers";
+  version = "1.23.0";
+
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "canonical";
+    repo = "craft-providers";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-9ZoNgpuGytwozRsw0wnS3d2UBOIsh3VI/uzB1RD2Zac=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    ./inject-snaps.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace craft_providers/lxd/installer.py \
+      --replace-fail "/var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/unix.socket" "/var/lib/lxd/unix.socket"
+
+    substituteInPlace craft_providers/__init__.py \
+      --replace-fail "dev" "${version}"
+
+    # The urllib3 incompat: https://github.com/msabramo/requests-unixsocket/pull/69
+    # This is already patched in nixpkgs.
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools==67.8.0" "setuptools" \
+      --replace-fail "urllib3<2" "urllib3"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    packaging
+    platformdirs
+    pydantic_1
+    pyyaml
+    requests-unixsocket
+    urllib3
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "craft_providers"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    freezegun
+    pytest-check
+    pytest-mock
+    pytest-subprocess
+    pytest-logdog
+    pytestCheckHook
+    responses
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    mkdir -p check-phase
+    export HOME="$(pwd)/check-phase"
+  '';
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "tests/unit" ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # Relies upon "logassert" python package which isn't in nixpkgs
+    "tests/unit/bases/test_ubuntu_buildd.py"
+    "tests/unit/bases/test_centos_7.py"
+    "tests/unit/bases/test_almalinux.py"
+    "tests/unit/actions/test_snap_installer.py"
+    # Relies upon "pytest-time" python package which isn't in nixpkgs
+    "tests/unit/multipass"
+    "tests/unit/lxd"
+    "tests/unit/test_base.py"
+    "tests/unit/util/test_retry.py"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Interfaces for instantiating and controlling a variety of build environments";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/canonical/craft-providers";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/canonical/craft-providers/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jnsgruk ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-providers/inject-snaps.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-providers/inject-snaps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85dec7f8bd97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-providers/inject-snaps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+diff --git a/craft_providers/base.py b/craft_providers/base.py
+index 3c914a2..d9c2cf9 100644
+--- a/craft_providers/base.py
++++ b/craft_providers/base.py
+@@ -655,37 +655,22 @@ class Base(ABC):
+                     ),
+                 )
+ 
+-            if snap.channel:
+-                try:
+-                    snap_installer.install_from_store(
+-                        executor=executor,
+-                        snap_name=snap.name,
+-                        channel=snap.channel,
+-                        classic=snap.classic,
+-                    )
+-                except SnapInstallationError as error:
+-                    raise BaseConfigurationError(
+-                        brief=(
+-                            f"failed to install snap {snap.name!r} from store"
+-                            f" channel {snap.channel!r} in target environment."
+-                        ),
+-                        details=error.details,
+-                    ) from error
+-            else:
+-                try:
+-                    snap_installer.inject_from_host(
+-                        executor=executor,
+-                        snap_name=snap.name,
+-                        classic=snap.classic,
+-                    )
+-                except SnapInstallationError as error:
+-                    raise BaseConfigurationError(
+-                        brief=(
+-                            f"failed to inject host's snap {snap.name!r} "
+-                            "into target environment."
+-                        ),
+-                        details=error.details,
+-                    ) from error
++            try:
++                channel = "latest/edge" if snap.name == "rockcraft" else "latest/stable"
++                snap_installer.install_from_store(
++                    executor=executor,
++                    snap_name=snap.name,
++                    channel=channel,
++                    classic=snap.classic,
++                )
++            except SnapInstallationError as error:
++                raise BaseConfigurationError(
++                    brief=(
++                        f"failed to install snap {snap.name!r} from store"
++                        f" channel {channel!r} in target environment."
++                    ),
++                    details=error.details,
++                ) from error
+ 
+     def wait_until_ready(self, executor: Executor) -> None:
+         """Wait until base instance is ready.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d898910471ac..a70a4167070b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2447,6 +2447,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   cpyparsing = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cpyparsing { };
 
+  craft-providers = callPackage ../development/python-modules/craft-providers { };
+
   cram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cram { };
 
   cramjam = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cramjam { };