diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fonttools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fonttools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9ef3ba94b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fonttools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, numpy
+, pytest
+, pytestrunner
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fonttools";
+  version = "3.13.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "5ec278ff231d0c88afe8266e911ee0f8e66c8501c53f5f144a1a0abbc936c6b8";
+    extension = "zip";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    numpy
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    pytestrunner
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools";
+    description = "A library to manipulate font files from Python";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 51801798b67..11340382708 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11304,24 +11304,7 @@ in {
     inherit python;
   };
 
-  fonttools = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    version = "3.0";
-    name = "fonttools-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/F/FontTools/fonttools-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0f4iblpbf3y3ghajiccvdwk2f46cim6dsj6fq1kkrbqfv05dr4nz";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [
-      numpy
-    ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/behdad/fonttools";
-      description = "Font file processing tools";
-    };
-  });
+  fonttools = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fonttools { };
 
   foolscap = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "foolscap-${version}";