diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gdrivefs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gdrivefs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cbf09fa49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gdrivefs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchurl
+, isPy3k
+, gipc
+, greenlet
+, httplib2
+, six
+, dateutil
+, fusepy
+, google_api_python_client
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.14.9";
+  pname = "gdrivefs";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/dsoprea/GDriveFS/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1mc2r35nf5k8vzwdcdhi0l9rb97amqd5xb53lhydj8v8f4rndk7a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gipc greenlet httplib2 six ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil fusepy google_api_python_client ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace gdrivefs/resources/requirements.txt \
+      --replace "==" ">="
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Mount Google Drive as a local file system";
+    longDescription = ''
+      GDriveFS is a FUSE wrapper for Google Drive developed. Design goals:
+      - Thread for monitoring changes via "changes" functionality of API.
+      - Complete stat() implementation.
+      - Seamlessly work around duplicate-file allowances in Google Drive.
+      - Seamlessly manage file-type versatility in Google Drive
+        (Google Doc files do not have a particular format).
+      - Allow for the same file at multiple paths.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/dsoprea/GDriveFS;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a67aa1c5861..4ba370abb4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2358,41 +2358,7 @@ in {
     pythonPackages = self;
   });
 
-  gdrivefs = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "0.14.9";
-    name = "gdrivefs-${version}";
-    namePrefix = "";
-    disabled = !isPy27;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/dsoprea/GDriveFS/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1mc2r35nf5k8vzwdcdhi0l9rb97amqd5xb53lhydj8v8f4rndk7a";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ gipc greenlet httplib2 six ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ dateutil fusepy google_api_python_client ];
-
-    patchPhase = ''
-      substituteInPlace gdrivefs/resources/requirements.txt \
-        --replace "==" ">="
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Mount Google Drive as a local file system";
-      longDescription = ''
-        GDriveFS is a FUSE wrapper for Google Drive developed. Design goals:
-        - Thread for monitoring changes via "changes" functionality of API.
-        - Complete stat() implementation.
-        - Seamlessly work around duplicate-file allowances in Google Drive.
-        - Seamlessly manage file-type versatility in Google Drive
-          (Google Doc files do not have a particular format).
-        - Allow for the same file at multiple paths.
-      '';
-      homepage = https://github.com/dsoprea/GDriveFS;
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-    };
-  };
+  gdrivefs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gdrivefs { };
 
   genshi = buildPythonPackage {
     name = "genshi-0.7";