diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typer/default.nix
index 337369c869dfa..d4b5380459de3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/typer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/typer/default.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
   pytestCheckHook,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   procps,
+
+  # typer or typer-slim
+  package ? "typer",
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "typer";
+  pname = package;
   version = "0.16.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
@@ -35,15 +38,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-WB9PIxagTHutfk3J+mNTVK8bC7TMDJquu3GLBQgaras=";
   };
 
+  env.TIANGOLO_BUILD_PACKAGE = package;
+
   build-system = [ pdm-backend ];
 
   dependencies = [
     click
     typing-extensions
-    # Build includes the standard optional by default
-    # https://github.com/tiangolo/typer/blob/0.12.3/pyproject.toml#L71-L72
   ]
-  ++ optional-dependencies.standard;
+  # typer includes the standard optional by default
+  # https://github.com/tiangolo/typer/blob/0.12.3/pyproject.toml#L71-L72
+  ++ lib.optionals (package == "typer") optional-dependencies.standard;
 
   optional-dependencies = {
     standard = [
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ];
   };
 
+  doCheck = package == "typer"; # tests expect standard dependencies
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     coverage # execs coverage in tests
     pytest-xdist
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1933dcc869dcb..7af56d420bbbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -18683,6 +18683,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   typer-shell = callPackage ../development/python-modules/typer-shell { };
 
+  typer-slim = self.typer.override { package = "typer-slim"; };
+
   types-aiobotocore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/types-aiobotocore { };
 
   inherit (callPackage ../development/python-modules/types-aiobotocore-packages { })