diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 253d396..2507d6c 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,122 @@ self: super: rec {
             "graphql"
           ];
       };
+      starlette = python-super.buildPythonPackage rec {
+        pname = "starlette";
+          version = "0.19.0";
+          format = "setuptools";
+          src = python-super.fetchFromGitHub {
+            owner = "encode";
+            repo = pname;
+            rev = version;
+            sha256 = "sha256-gjRTMzoQ8pqxjIusRwRXGs72VYo6xsp2DSUxmEr9KxU=";
+          };
+          postPatch = ''
+            # remove coverage arguments to pytest
+            sed -i '/--cov/d' setup.cfg
+          '';
+
+          propagatedBuildInputs = with self.python39Packages; [
+            aiofiles
+            anyio
+            itsdangerous
+            jinja2
+            python-multipart
+            pyyaml
+            requests
+          ];
+
+          checkInputs = with self.python39Packages; [
+            aiosqlite
+            databases
+            pytestCheckHook
+            trio
+            typing-extensions
+          ];
+
+          disabledTests = [
+            # asserts fail due to inclusion of br in Accept-Encoding
+            "test_websocket_headers"
+            "test_request_headers"
+          ];
+
+          pythonImportsCheck = [
+            "starlette"
+          ];
+      };
+      fastapi = python-super.buildPythonPackage rec {
+        pname = "fastapi";
+          version = "0.75.2";
+          format = "flit";
+          src = python-super.fetchFromGitHub {
+            owner = "tiangolo";
+            repo = pname;
+            rev = version;
+            hash = "sha256-B4q3Q256Sj4jTQt1TDm3fiEaQKdVxddCF9+KsxkkTWo=";
+          };
+          propagatedBuildInputs = with self.python39Packages;  [
+            starlette
+            pydantic
+          ];
+
+          checkInputs = with self.python39Packages; [
+            aiosqlite
+            databases
+            flask
+            httpx
+            passlib
+            peewee
+            python-jose
+            pytestCheckHook
+            pytest-asyncio
+            sqlalchemy
+            trio
+            bcrypt
+          ];
+
+          patches = [
+            # Bump starlette, https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/4483
+            (fetchpatch {
+              name = "support-later-starlette.patch";
+              # PR contains multiple commits
+              url = "https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/4483.patch";
+              sha256 = "sha256-ZWaqAd/QYEYRL1hSQdXdFPgWgdmOill2GtmEn33vz2U=";
+            })
+          ];
+
+          postPatch = ''
+            substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+              --replace "starlette ==" "starlette >="
+          '';
+
+          pytestFlagsArray = [
+            # ignoring deprecation warnings to avoid test failure from
+            # tests/test_tutorial/test_testing/test_tutorial001.py
+            "-W ignore::DeprecationWarning"
+          ];
+
+          disabledTestPaths = [
+            # Disabled tests require orjson which requires rust nightly
+            "tests/test_default_response_class.py"
+            # Don't test docs and examples
+            "docs_src"
+          ];
+
+          disabledTests = [
+            "test_get_custom_response"
+            # Failed: DID NOT RAISE <class 'starlette.websockets.WebSocketDisconnect'>
+            "test_websocket_invalid_data"
+            "test_websocket_no_credentials"
+            # TypeError: __init__() missing 1...starlette-releated
+            "test_head"
+            "test_options"
+            "test_trace"
+          ];
+
+          pythonImportsCheck = [
+            "fastapi"
+          ];
+      };
       strawberry_graphql = python-super.buildPythonPackage rec {
         pname = "strawberry-graphql";
         version = "0.123.0";