diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-compat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-compat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8a314750ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-compat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl,
+  django, django_nose, six
+}:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "django-compat-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.14";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/d/django-compat/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "18y5bxxmafcd4np42mzbalva5lpssq0b8ki7zckbzvdv2mnv43xj";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  buildInputs = [ django_nose ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django six ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Forward and backwards compatibility layer for Django 1.4, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10 and 1.11";
+    homepage = https://github.com/arteria/django-compat;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 389e11e1d25..6a366cf329f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10514,27 +10514,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  django_compat = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "django-compat-${version}";
-    version = "1.0.13";
-
-    # build process attempts to access a missing README.rst
-    disabled = isPy35;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/d/django-compat/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0s0z7cx0vv1kjsyzk24sg256hfnd09ssilc9rakhxrzr3firgx80";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ django_nose ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ django six ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Forward and backwards compatibility layer for Django 1.4, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10";
-      homepage = https://github.com/arteria/django-compat;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  django_compat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/django-compat { };
 
   django_environ = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "django-environ-${version}";