diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
index f047d72b..eb46e7e1 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
@@ -528,6 +528,12 @@
 
 - Fixed `typescript` treesitter grammar not being included by default.
 
+[valterschutz](https://github.com/valterschutz):
+
+[ruff]: (https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
+
+- Add [ruff-fix] as a formatter option in `vim.languages.python.format.type`.
+
 [gmvar](https://github.com/gmvar):
 
 [harper-ls]: https://github.com/Automattic/harper
diff --git a/modules/plugins/languages/python.nix b/modules/plugins/languages/python.nix
index 6f97f70c..f4d749f4 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/languages/python.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/languages/python.nix
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@
         '';
       };
     };
+
+    ruff-check = {
+      package = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+        name = "ruff-check";
+        runtimeInputs = [pkgs.ruff];
+        text = ''
+          ruff check --fix --exit-zero -
+        '';
+      };
+    };
   };
 
   defaultDebugger = "debugpy";