diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3d7f58c66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/threadpool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "threadpool";
+  version = "1.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "197gzrxn9lbk0q1v079814c6s05cr4rwzyl6c1m6inkyif4yzr6c";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://chrisarndt.de/projects/threadpool/;
+    description = "Easy to use object-oriented thread pool framework";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 057d74dc65e..8852bc68b22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4597,15 +4597,7 @@ in {
 
   tvnamer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tvnamer { };
 
-  threadpool = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "threadpool-${version}";
-    version = "1.3.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/threadpool/${name}.tar.bz2";
-      sha256 = "197gzrxn9lbk0q1v079814c6s05cr4rwzyl6c1m6inkyif4yzr6c";
-    };
-  };
+  threadpool = callPackage ../development/python-modules/threadpool { };
 
   rocket-errbot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rocket-errbot {  };