diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/psycopg2-binary/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/psycopg2-binary/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..5119ee28358bb6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/psycopg2-binary/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, psycopg2, hatchling }:
+
+# Pscycopg2-binary is normally used in Python development to avoid having to build psycopg2 from source.
+# In nixpkgs we always want ot build from source whenever possible, but it can still be useful to provide a psycopg2-binary package.
+#
+# This "fake" package exists to satisfy a dependency on psycopg2-binary, but still use the build from psycopg2.
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  pname = "pscycopg2-binary";
+  inherit (psycopg2) version;
+
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  dependencies = [ psycopg2 ];
+  optional-dependencies = psycopg2.optional-dependencies or { };
+
+  # Make a minimal pyproject.toml that can be built
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    cat > pyproject.toml << EOF
+    [project]
+    name = "psycopg2-binary"
+    version = "${psycopg2.version}"
+    dependencies = [ "psycopg2" ]
+
+    [build-system]
+    requires = ["hatchling"]
+    build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+    EOF
+
+    mkdir psycopg2_binary
+    touch psycopg2_binary/__init__.py
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [ hatchling ];
+
+  inherit (psycopg2) meta;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7fca1b3036eb77f..94b2f519f00b328 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10944,6 +10944,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   psycopg2cffi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/psycopg2cffi { };
 
+  psycopg2-binary = callPackage ../development/python-modules/psycopg2-binary { };
+
   psygnal = callPackage ../development/python-modules/psygnal { };
 
   ptable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ptable { };