diff --git a/docs/changelog/3200.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/3200.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbd39da38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/3200.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Extract virtual environment packaging code to its own base class not tied to ``virtualenv`` - by :user:`gaborbernat`.
diff --git a/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/package/cmd_builder.py b/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/package/cmd_builder.py
index a73ebf1a5..8b57b31d4 100644
--- a/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/package/cmd_builder.py
+++ b/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/package/cmd_builder.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import glob
 import tarfile
+from abc import ABC
 from functools import partial
 from io import TextIOWrapper
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -35,15 +36,11 @@
 from importlib.metadata import Distribution
 
 
-class VirtualEnvCmdBuilder(PythonPackageToxEnv, VirtualEnv):
+class VenvCmdBuilder(PythonPackageToxEnv, ABC):
     def __init__(self, create_args: ToxEnvCreateArgs) -> None:
         super().__init__(create_args)
         self._sdist_meta_tox_env: Pep517VirtualEnvPackager | None = None
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def id() -> str:
-        return "virtualenv-cmd-builder"
-
     def register_config(self) -> None:
         super().register_config()
         root = self.core["toxinidir"]
@@ -131,6 +128,12 @@ def child_pkg_envs(self, run_conf: EnvConfigSet) -> Iterator[PackageToxEnv]:  #
             yield self._sdist_meta_tox_env
 
 
+class VirtualEnvCmdBuilder(VenvCmdBuilder, VirtualEnv):
+    @staticmethod
+    def id() -> str:
+        return "virtualenv-cmd-builder"
+
+
 class WheelDistribution(Distribution):  # cannot subclass has type Any
     def __init__(self, wheel: Path) -> None:
         self._wheel = wheel
@@ -165,3 +168,9 @@ def locate_file(self, path: str | PathLike[str]) -> PathLike[str]:
 @impl
 def tox_register_tox_env(register: ToxEnvRegister) -> None:
     register.add_package_env(VirtualEnvCmdBuilder)
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "VenvCmdBuilder",
+    "VirtualEnvCmdBuilder",
+]
diff --git a/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/package/pyproject.py b/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/package/pyproject.py
index ead82c096..dc1e30cc0 100644
--- a/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/package/pyproject.py
+++ b/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/package/pyproject.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
+from abc import ABC
 from collections import defaultdict
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from itertools import chain
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@ def out_err(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
         return status.outcome.out_err()
 
 
-class Pep517VirtualEnvPackager(PythonPackageToxEnv, VirtualEnv):
-    """local file system python virtual environment via the virtualenv package."""
+class Pep517VenvPackager(PythonPackageToxEnv, ABC):
+    """local file system python virtual environment package builder."""
 
     def __init__(self, create_args: ToxEnvCreateArgs) -> None:
         super().__init__(create_args)
@@ -360,8 +361,16 @@ def requires(self) -> tuple[Requirement, ...]:
         return self._frontend.requires
 
 
+class Pep517VirtualEnvPackager(Pep517VenvPackager, VirtualEnv):
+    """local file system python virtual environment via the virtualenv package."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def id() -> str:
+        return "virtualenv-pep-517"
+
+
 class Pep517VirtualEnvFrontend(Frontend):
-    def __init__(self, root: Path, env: Pep517VirtualEnvPackager) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, root: Path, env: Pep517VenvPackager) -> None:
         super().__init__(*Frontend.create_args_from_folder(root))
         self._tox_env = env
         self._backend_executor_: LocalSubProcessPep517Executor | None = None
@@ -454,3 +463,9 @@ def _wheel_directory(self) -> Iterator[Path]:
 @impl
 def tox_register_tox_env(register: ToxEnvRegister) -> None:
     register.add_package_env(Pep517VirtualEnvPackager)
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "Pep517VenvPackager",
+    "Pep517VirtualEnvPackager",
+]