diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
index 7db5464ac46b3..f77c93c5967c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/default.nix
@@ -1339,6 +1339,8 @@ let
         };
       };
 
+      detachhead.basedpyright = callPackage ./detachhead.basedpyright { };
+
       devsense.composer-php-vscode = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
         mktplcRef = {
           name = "composer-php-vscode";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/detachhead.basedpyright/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/detachhead.basedpyright/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a83bbd839dbc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vscode/extensions/detachhead.basedpyright/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  vscode-utils,
+  ...
+}:
+
+vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
+  mktplcRef = {
+    name = "basedpyright";
+    publisher = "detachhead";
+    version = "1.29.2";
+    hash = "sha256-RNX4UG+zHAFOhp8PI6iW3YaX1ODhpwGwjLFe1MkuzZs=";
+  };
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/detachhead/basedpyright/releases";
+    description = "VS Code static type checking for Python (but based)";
+    downloadPage = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=detachhead.basedpyright";
+    homepage = "https://docs.basedpyright.com/";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.hasnep ];
+  };
+}