diff --git a/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/SPKG.rst b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/SPKG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fe6e94f57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/SPKG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+exceptiongroup: Backport of PEP 654 (exception groups)
+======================================================
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+Backport of PEP 654 (exception groups)
+
+License
+-------
+
+Upstream Contact
+----------------
+
+https://pypi.org/project/exceptiongroup/
+
diff --git a/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/checksums.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ca0c50d46d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/checksums.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+tarball=exceptiongroup-VERSION-py3-none-any.whl
+sha1=e69c438e6d15111c4f7cc18224b31a42a58663da
+md5=d252c64173c449dc34654e7be8211744
+cksum=527795480
+upstream_url=https://pypi.io/packages/py3/e/exceptiongroup/exceptiongroup-VERSION-py3-none-any.whl
diff --git a/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/dependencies b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/dependencies
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47296a7bace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/dependencies
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ | $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN) $(PYTHON)
+
+----------
+All lines of this file are ignored except the first.
diff --git a/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/install-requires.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..341183a94c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/install-requires.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exceptiongroup
diff --git a/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/package-version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26aaba0e866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/package-version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.2.0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/type b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/type
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6a7b9cd726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/exceptiongroup/type
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+standard
diff --git a/build/pkgs/ipython/dependencies b/build/pkgs/ipython/dependencies
index cc719ef4ea5..b00056b1a63 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/ipython/dependencies
+++ b/build/pkgs/ipython/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-tornado pyzmq pickleshare traitlets decorator wcwidth prompt_toolkit pygments pexpect appnope backcall jedi stack_data | $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN) $(PYTHON)
+tornado pyzmq pickleshare traitlets decorator wcwidth prompt_toolkit pygments pexpect appnope backcall jedi stack_data exceptiongroup | $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN) $(PYTHON)
 
 ----------
 All lines of this file are ignored except the first.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a4e34fadcd6..d1c2aceb413 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([sagelib],
 dnl Handle combinations of --disable-foo flags that may enable us to
 dnl prune even more dependencies.
 AS_IF([test "$SAGE_ENABLE_notebook" = no -a "$SAGE_ENABLE_sagelib" = no], [
-    for pkg in jupyter_client ipykernel ipython zeromq pyzmq; do
+    for pkg in jupyter_client ipykernel ipython zeromq pyzmq exceptiongroup; do
       AS_VAR_SET([SAGE_ENABLE_$pkg], [$enableval])
     done
   ])