diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqtgraph/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqtgraph/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5eb24f830c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqtgraph/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, scipy
+, numpy
+, pyqt4
+, pyopengl
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyqtgraph";
+  version = "0.9.10";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "188pcxf3sxxjf0aipjn820lx2rf9f42zzp0sibmcl90955a3ipf1";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ scipy numpy pyqt4 pyopengl ];
+
+  doCheck = false;  # "PyQtGraph requires either PyQt4 or PySide; neither package could be imported."
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Scientific Graphics and GUI Library for Python";
+    homepage = http://www.pyqtgraph.org/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9d97654c704..2bd7588a73b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3390,27 +3390,7 @@ in {
 
   pyptlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyptlib { };
 
-  pyqtgraph = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyqtgraph-${version}";
-    version = "0.9.10";
-
-    doCheck = false;  # "PyQtGraph requires either PyQt4 or PySide; neither package could be imported."
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pyqtgraph/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "188pcxf3sxxjf0aipjn820lx2rf9f42zzp0sibmcl90955a3ipf1";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ scipy numpy pyqt4 pyopengl ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Scientific Graphics and GUI Library for Python";
-      homepage = http://www.pyqtgraph.org/;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ koral ];
-    };
-  };
+  pyqtgraph = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyqtgraph { };
 
   PyStemmer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pystemmer {};