diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/logster/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/logster/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4b57e4ce40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/logster/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pygtail }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "logster";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "etsy";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "06ac5hydas24h2cn8l5i69v1z0min5hwh6a1lcm1b08xnvpsi85q";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pygtail ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Parses log files, generates metrics for Graphite and Ganglia";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    homepage = https://github.com/etsy/logster;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 94777a44286..ca4a13b86df 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ in {
 
   lmtpd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lmtpd { };
 
+  logster = callPackage ../development/python-modules/logster { };
+
   mpi4py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpi4py {
     mpi = pkgs.openmpi;
   };
@@ -5425,15 +5427,6 @@ in {
 
   natsort = callPackage ../development/python-modules/natsort { };
 
-  logster = buildPythonPackage {
-    name = "logster-7475c53822";
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = git://github.com/etsy/logster;
-      rev = "7475c53822";
-      sha256 = "0565wxxiwksnly8rakb2r77k7lwzniq16kv861qd2ns9hgsjgy31";
-    };
-  };
-
   ncclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ncclient {};
 
   logfury = callPackage ../development/python-modules/logfury { };