diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibacl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibacl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97fbe28e50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylibacl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pylibacl";
+  version = "0.5.3";
+  name = pname + "-" + version;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0c3xw1s5bh6jnsc0wwyxnn6kn6x6rpbmmi05ap1f81fyqlgrzgj0";
+  };
+
+  # ERROR: testExtended (tests.test_acls.AclExtensions)
+  # IOError: [Errno 0] Error
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ acl ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Python extension module for POSIX ACLs, it can be used to query, list, add, and remove ACLs from files and directories under operating systems that support them";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2d4604e1a74..a8e0e704ef5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -16986,25 +16986,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pylibacl = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "pylibacl-0.5.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/downloads/iustin/pylibacl/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1idks7j9bn62xzsaxkvhl7bdq6ws8kv8aa0wahfh7724qlbbcf1k";
-    };
-
-    # ERROR: testExtended (tests.test_acls.AclExtensions)
-    # IOError: [Errno 0] Error
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.acl ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python extension module for POSIX ACLs, it can be used to query, list, add, and remove ACLs from files and directories under operating systems that support them";
-      license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-    };
-  });
+  pylibacl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylibacl { };
 
   pyliblo = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pyliblo-${version}";