diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfiglet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfiglet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9308a746736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyfiglet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "0.7.5";
+  pname = "pyfiglet";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "04jy4182hn5xfs6jf432gxclfj1rhssd7bsf0b4gymrjzkhr8qa4";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "FIGlet in pure Python";
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b6c920d3611..76ddbbd349a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17780,12 +17780,7 @@ in {
 
   pyfftw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfftw { };
 
-    meta = {
-      description = "FIGlet in pure Python";
-      license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
-    };
-  };
+  pyfiglet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyfiglet { };
 
   pyflakes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyflakes { };