diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghp-import/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghp-import/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37a35febdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ghp-import/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, dateutil
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ghp-import";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-wiqc4Qw3dT4miNFk12WnANrkuNefptsKLDEyuniBiU8=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil ];
+
+  # Does not include any unit tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "ghp_import" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Copy your docs directly to the gh-pages branch";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/c-w/ghp-import";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veehaitch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ghp-import/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ghp-import/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c258d6154b..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ghp-import/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{ python3, glibcLocales, lib }:
-
-with python3.pkgs;
-
-buildPythonApplication rec {
-  version = "0.5.5";
-  pname = "ghp-import";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1mvmpi7lqflw2lr0g0y5f9s0d1pv9cav4gbmaqnziqg442klx4iy";
-  };
-
-  disabled = isPyPy;
-  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
-
-  LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
-
-  # No tests available
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Copy your docs directly to the gh-pages branch";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/davisp/ghp-import";
-    license = "Tumbolia Public License";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5e9a6e1a06a..01d7ce6d485 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14517,7 +14517,7 @@ in
   givaro_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/givaro/3.nix {};
   givaro_3_7 = callPackage ../development/libraries/givaro/3.7.nix {};
 
-  ghp-import = callPackage ../development/tools/ghp-import { };
+  ghp-import = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ghp-import;
 
   ghcid = haskellPackages.ghcid.bin;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index adb4a4aa403..52c0e8e4ffc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2658,6 +2658,8 @@ in {
 
   ghdiff = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ghdiff { };
 
+  ghp-import = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ghp-import { };
+
   gidgethub = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gidgethub { };
 
   gin-config = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gin-config { };