diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/minidb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/minidb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..209ecf998cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/minidb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "minidb";
+  version = "2.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/thp/minidb/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "17rvkpq8v7infvbgsi48vnxamhxb3f635nqn0sln7yyvh4i9k8a0";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A simple SQLite3-based store for Python objects";
+    homepage = https://thp.io/2010/minidb/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.tv ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 44716eeb131..c87004a3835 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1431,21 +1431,7 @@ in {
 
   MDP = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mdp {};
 
-  minidb = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "minidb-2.0.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://thp.io/2010/minidb/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1x958zr9jc26vaqij451qb9m2l7apcpz34ir9fwfjg4fwv24z2dy";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A simple SQLite3-based store for Python objects";
-      homepage = https://thp.io/2010/minidb/;
-      license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
-      maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.tv ];
-    };
-  };
+  minidb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/minidb { };
 
   miniupnpc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/miniupnpc {};