diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeltrace/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeltrace/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2d995df59c91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeltrace/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  gitUpdater,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  pkg-config,
+  glib,
+  libuuid,
+  popt,
+  elfutils,
+  enablePython ? false,
+  pythonPackages ? null,
+  swig2,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "babeltrace";
+  version = "1.5.11";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.efficios.com/files/babeltrace/${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "Z7Q6qu9clR+nrxpVfPcgGhH+iYdrfCK6CgPLwxbbWpw=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs =
+    [
+      # The pre-generated ./configure script uses an old autoconf version which
+      # breaks cross-compilation (replaces references to malloc with rpl_malloc).
+      # Re-generate with nixpkgs's autoconf. This requires glib to be present in
+      # nativeBuildInputs for its m4 macros to be present.
+      autoreconfHook
+      glib
+      pkg-config
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals enablePython [
+      swig2
+      pythonPackages.setuptools
+    ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    libuuid
+    popt
+    elfutils
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags =
+    [
+      # --enable-debug-info (default) requires the configure script to run host
+      # executables to determine the elfutils library version, which cannot be done
+      # while cross compiling.
+      (lib.enableFeature (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform) "debug-info")
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals enablePython [
+      # Using (lib.enableFeature enablePython "python-bindings") makes the
+      # configure script look for python dependencies even when
+      # enablePython==false. Adding the configure flag conditionally seems to
+      # solve this.
+      "--enable-python-bindings"
+    ];
+  #
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    url = "https://git.efficios.com/babeltrace.git";
+    rev-prefix = "v";
+    # Versions 2.x are packaged independently as babeltrace2
+    ignoredVersions = "^[^1]";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Command-line tool and library to read and convert LTTng tracefiles";
+    homepage = "https://www.efficios.com/babeltrace";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      bjornfor
+      wentasah
+    ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeltrace2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeltrace2/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ec9f15e679f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeltrace2/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  pkg-config,
+  glib,
+  elfutils,
+  bison,
+  flex,
+  asciidoc,
+  xmlto,
+  docbook_xml_dtd_45,
+  docbook_xsl,
+  enablePython ? false,
+  python ? null,
+  pythonPackages ? null,
+  swig,
+  ensureNewerSourcesForZipFilesHook,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "babeltrace2";
+  version = "2.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "efficios";
+    repo = "babeltrace";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-L4YTqPxvWynUBnmAQnlJ2RNbEv9MhBxQOsqbWix8ZwU=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Patches needed for Python 3.12
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # python: Use standalone 'sysconfig' module
+      url = "https://github.com/efficios/babeltrace/commit/452480eb6820df9973d50431a479ca547815ae08.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-YgUKHJzdliNUsTY29E0xxcUjqVWn4EvxyTs0B+O+jrI=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # python: replace distutils with setuptools
+      url = "https://github.com/efficios/babeltrace/commit/6ec97181a525a3cd64cedbcd0df905ed9e84ba03.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-1hlEkPcRUpf2+iEXqHXcCDOaLTg+eaVcahqZlA8m5QY=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # fix: python: monkey patch the proper sysconfig implementation
+      url = "https://github.com/efficios/babeltrace/commit/927263e4ea62877af7240cfdb1514ae949dbfc2e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-HNRQ7uw26FUKCQ/my6//OL2xsHdOGlQUq5zIKtg9OGw=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "man"
+    "dev"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs =
+    [
+      autoreconfHook
+      pkg-config
+      glib
+      bison
+      flex
+      asciidoc
+      xmlto
+      docbook_xml_dtd_45
+      docbook_xsl
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals enablePython [
+      swig
+      pythonPackages.setuptools
+      ensureNewerSourcesForZipFilesHook
+    ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    elfutils
+  ] ++ lib.optional enablePython python;
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    (lib.enableFeature enablePython "python-bindings")
+    (lib.enableFeature enablePython "python-plugins")
+    (lib.enableFeature (stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform) "debug-info")
+  ];
+
+  # For cross-compilation of Python bindings
+  makeFlags = [ "CFLAGS=-Wno-error=stringop-truncation -Wno-error=null-dereference" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Babeltrace /ˈbæbəltreɪs/ is an open-source trace manipulation toolkit";
+    homepage = "https://babeltrace.org";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ wentasah ];
+    mainProgram = "babeltrace2";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/babeltrace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/babeltrace/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 014d926eea3d7..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/babeltrace/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, glib, libuuid, popt, elfutils }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "babeltrace";
-  version = "1.5.8";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.efficios.com/files/babeltrace/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1hkg3phnamxfrhwzmiiirbhdgckzfkqwhajl0lmr1wfps7j47wcz";
-  };
-
-  # The pre-generated ./configure script uses an old autoconf version which
-  # breaks cross-compilation (replaces references to malloc with rpl_malloc).
-  # Re-generate with nixpkgs's autoconf. This requires glib to be present in
-  # nativeBuildInputs for its m4 macros to be present.
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook glib pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ glib libuuid popt elfutils ];
-
-  # --enable-debug-info (default) requires the configure script to run host
-  # executables to determine the elfutils library version, which cannot be done
-  # while cross compiling.
-  configureFlags = lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) "--disable-debug-info";
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Command-line tool and library to read and convert LTTng tracefiles";
-    homepage = "https://www.efficios.com/babeltrace";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
-  };
-
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f06962f5fad69..99a4a74e5e270 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18033,8 +18033,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   b4 = callPackage ../development/tools/b4 { };
 
-  babeltrace = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/babeltrace { };
-
   bam = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/bam { };
 
   bandit = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication bandit;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 928edd66a5f2f..25c356e37674a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1330,6 +1330,17 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   babelgladeextractor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/babelgladeextractor { };
 
+  babeltrace = toPythonModule (pkgs.babeltrace.override {
+    pythonPackages = self;
+    enablePython = true;
+  });
+
+  babeltrace2 = toPythonModule (pkgs.babeltrace2.override {
+    inherit (self) python;
+    pythonPackages = self;
+    enablePython = true;
+  });
+
   bambi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bambi { };
 
   pad4pi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pad4pi { };