diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf2838664..e62912c47 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ ifeq ($(with_transcoding),yes)
 	$(MAKE) -C recording-daemon
 	$(MAKE) -C perf-tester
 endif
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES),pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.pysip-lite))
+	$(MAKE) -C python
+endif
 
 install:
 	$(MAKE) -C daemon install
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ distclean clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C kernel-module clean
 	$(MAKE) -C t clean
 	$(MAKE) -C lib clean
+	$(MAKE) -C python clean
 	rm -f config.mk
 
 .DEFAULT:
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 10e984314..ee9fb3579 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Homepage: https://www.sipwise.com/
 Standards-Version: 4.7.2
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper-compat (= 13),
+ dh-python,
  dh-sequence-dkms,
  default-libmysqlclient-dev,
  discount,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libavformat-dev (>= 6:10),
  libavutil-dev (>= 6:10),
  libbcg729-dev <!pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.nobcg729>,
+ libbellesip-dev <pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.pysip-lite>,
  libbencode-perl,
  libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl,
  libcrypt-rijndael-perl,
@@ -49,7 +51,9 @@ Build-Depends:
  ngcp-libcodec-chain-dev (>= 13.3) <pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.codec-chain>,
  pandoc,
  pkgconf,
+ pybuild-plugin-pyproject <pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.pysip-lite>,
  python3,
+ python3-hatchling <pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.pysip-lite>,
  python3-websockets,
  systemd-dev | systemd,
  zlib1g-dev,
@@ -166,3 +170,17 @@ Description: helper tool to test rtpengine transcoding performance - data files
  base and produces performance and load statistics.
  .
  These are data files needed for the binary package.
+
+Package: ngcp-python3-pysip-lite
+Architecture: any
+Build-Profiles: <pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.pysip-lite>
+Multi-Arch: foreign
+Depends:
+ python3,
+ ${misc:Depends},
+ ${python3:Depends},
+ ${shlibs:Depends},
+Description: light-weight SIP module
+ This module provides a simple SIP framework to implement SIP user agents and
+ other applications. It only handles SIP and specifically doesn't handle RTP or
+ media.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 459c279d6..146ef0da8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -24,7 +24,22 @@ export FIXTURES_PATH = /usr/share/rtpengine-perftest
 export deb_systemdsystemunitdir := $(shell pkg-config --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)
 
 %:
-	dh $@
+	dh $@ --with python3
+
+override_dh_auto_build:
+	dh_auto_build
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES),pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.pysip-lite))
+	dh_auto_build \
+		--buildsystem=pybuild
+endif
+
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	dh_auto_install
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES),pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.pysip-lite))
+	dh_auto_install \
+		--buildsystem=pybuild \
+		--destdir=$(CURDIR)/debian/ngcp-python3-pysip-lite
+endif
 
 execute_before_dh_auto_configure:
 	(cd debian && sh generate-systemd-templates.sh)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eb3b35ac9..8ca9679bf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling >= 1.26"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "pysip-simple"
+description = "Lightweight SIP framework based on belle-sip"
+readme = "python/README.md"
+license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+requires-python = ">= 3.13"
+dependencies = [
+	"aiohttp >= 3.11",
+]
+authors = [
+	{name = "Richard Fuchs", email = "rfuchs@sipwise.com"},
+]
+maintainers = [
+	{name = "Richard Fuchs", email = "rfuchs@sipwise.com"},
+]
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "python/pysip_lite/__init__.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["python/pysip_lite"]
+exclude = [".gitignore"]
+artifacts = ["python/src/*.so"]
+
 [tool.black]
 # Match line-length expected by pycodestyle.
 line-length = 79