diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-gnupg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-gnupg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28870d3db85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-gnupg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, gnupg1 }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name    = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname   = "python-gnupg";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "06hfw9cmiw5306fyisp3kzg1hww260qzip829g7y7pj1mwpb0izg";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gnupg1 ];
+
+  # Let's make the library default to our gpg binary
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace gnupg.py \
+    --replace "gpgbinary='gpg'" "gpgbinary='${gnupg1}/bin/gpg'"
+    substituteInPlace test_gnupg.py \
+    --replace "gpgbinary=GPGBINARY" "gpgbinary='${gnupg1}/bin/gpg'"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A wrapper for the Gnu Privacy Guard";
+    homepage    = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-gnupg;
+    license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ad3fe27fc32..eceb3f2ac3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -515,33 +515,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  python-gnupg = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name    = "python-gnupg-${version}";
-    version = "0.4.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "mirror://pypi/p/python-gnupg/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "06hfw9cmiw5306fyisp3kzg1hww260qzip829g7y7pj1mwpb0izg";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gnupg1 ];
-
-    # Let's make the library default to our gpg binary
-    patchPhase = ''
-      substituteInPlace gnupg.py \
-        --replace "gpgbinary='gpg'" "gpgbinary='${pkgs.gnupg1}/bin/gpg'"
-      substituteInPlace test_gnupg.py \
-        --replace "gpgbinary=GPGBINARY" "gpgbinary='${pkgs.gnupg1}/bin/gpg'"
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A wrapper for the Gnu Privacy Guard";
-      homepage    = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-gnupg";
-      license     = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ copumpkin ];
-      platforms   = platforms.unix;
-    };
-  };
+  python-gnupg = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-gnupg {};
 
   python-uinput = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "python-uinput-${version}";