diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28f6057e563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mdp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest_29, future, numpy }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "MDP";
+  version = "3.5";
+  name  = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0aw1zxmyvx6gfmmnixbqmdaah28jl7rmqkzhxv53091asc23iw9k";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest_29 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ future numpy ];
+
+  # Tests disabled because of missing dependencies not in nix
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for building complex data processing software by combining widely used machine learning algorithms";
+    homepage = http://mdp-toolkit.sourceforge.net;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nico202 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6ba77d3e45a..d3c2b3ac576 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3626,27 +3626,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  MDP = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "3.5";
-    name = "MDP-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/M/MDP/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0aw1zxmyvx6gfmmnixbqmdaah28jl7rmqkzhxv53091asc23iw9k";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest_29 ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ future numpy ];
-
-    doCheck = true;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Library for building complex data processing software by combining widely used machine learning algorithms";
-      homepage = http://mdp-toolkit.sourceforge.net;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ nico202 ];
-    };
-  };
+  MDP = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdp {};
 
   minidb = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "minidb-2.0.1";