diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f787d0ba20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, blivet }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "nixpart-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/aszlig/nixpart/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1z94h76jn9igksgr84wwbi03fjamwb15hg432x189kgsld1ark4n";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ blivet ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "NixOS storage manager/partitioner";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.aszlig ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cffc7f25141..bbedf8a87cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     pylabQtSupport = false;
   });
 
+  nixpart = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/nixpart { };
+
   pil = import ../development/python-modules/pil {
     inherit (pkgs) fetchurl stdenv libjpeg zlib freetype;
     inherit python buildPythonPackage;
@@ -2909,26 +2911,6 @@ pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     };
   });
 
-  nixpart = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "nixpart-${version}";
-    version = "0.2.0";
-
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/aszlig/nixpart/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1z94h76jn9igksgr84wwbi03fjamwb15hg432x189kgsld1ark4n";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ blivet ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "NixOS storage manager/partitioner";
-      license = pkgs.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-      maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.aszlig ];
-    };
-  };
-
   nose = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "nose-1.2.1";