diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/alembic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/alembic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0538e7cf416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/alembic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+, pytest, pytestcov, mock, coverage
+, Mako, sqlalchemy, python-editor, dateutil
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "alembic";
+  version = "0.9.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0iw6wysm83hycvrycymf9b4mkji47536kl3x7grynfcbyjcvbdm2";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest pytestcov mock coverage ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ Mako sqlalchemy python-editor dateutil ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://bitbucket.org/zzzeek/alembic;
+    description = "A database migration tool for SQLAlchemy";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3f5b20a62d6..107fd715b94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -640,23 +640,7 @@ in {
   };
 
 
-  alembic = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "alembic-0.8.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/a/alembic/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1sgwvwylzd5h14130mwr0cbyy0fil0a1bq0d0ki97wqvkic3db7f";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest pytestcov mock coverage ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ Mako sqlalchemy python-editor ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://bitbucket.org/zzzeek/alembic;
-      description = "A database migration tool for SQLAlchemy";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  alembic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/alembic {};
 
   ansicolors = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name    = "ansicolors-${version}";