diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/unpaddedbase64/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unpaddedbase64/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b69f894cb5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/unpaddedbase64/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchgit
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "unpaddedbase64";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/matrix-org/python-unpaddedbase64.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0if3fjfxga0bwdq47v77fs9hrcqpmwdxry2i2a7pdqsp95258nxd";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/matrix-org/python-unpaddedbase64;
+    description = "Unpadded Base64";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 92735dbc927..e31d98d20c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4387,17 +4387,7 @@ in {
 
   signedjson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/signedjson { };
 
-  unpaddedbase64 = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "unpaddedbase64-${version}";
-    version = "1.1.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = "https://github.com/matrix-org/python-unpaddedbase64.git";
-      rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-      sha256 = "0if3fjfxga0bwdq47v77fs9hrcqpmwdxry2i2a7pdqsp95258nxd";
-    };
-  };
-
+  unpaddedbase64 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/unpaddedbase64 { };
 
   thumbor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/thumbor { };