diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pilkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pilkit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eab44b3724a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pilkit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pillow
+, nose_progressive
+, nose
+, mock
+, blessings
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pilkit";
+  version = "1.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "e00585f5466654ea2cdbf7decef9862cb00e16fd363017fa7ef6623a16b0d2c7";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace 'nose==1.2.1' 'nose'
+  '';
+
+  # tests fail, see https://github.com/matthewwithanm/pilkit/issues/9
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  buildInputs = [ pillow nose_progressive nose mock blessings ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/matthewwithanm/pilkit/;
+    description = "A collection of utilities and processors for the Python Imaging Libary";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 33168a0b93d..8efc89298af 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3807,27 +3807,7 @@ in {
 
   sympy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sympy { };
 
-  pilkit = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pilkit-1.1.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pilkit/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "e00585f5466654ea2cdbf7decef9862cb00e16fd363017fa7ef6623a16b0d2c7";
-    };
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-      substituteInPlace setup.py --replace 'nose==1.2.1' 'nose'
-    '';
-
-    # tests fail, see https://github.com/matthewwithanm/pilkit/issues/9
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pillow nose_progressive nose mock blessings ];
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-    };
-  };
+  pilkit = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pilkit { };
 
   clint = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "clint-0.5.1";