diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/default.nix
index ba4af7e1d66..d62ccd0c9fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, openssh, buildbot-worker, pythonPackages, runCommand, makeWrapper }:
+{ stdenv, lib, openssh, buildbot-worker, buildbot-pkg, pythonPackages, runCommand, makeWrapper }:
 
 let
   withPlugins = plugins: runCommand "wrapped-${package.name}" {
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ let
       pyflakes
       openssh
       buildbot-worker
+      buildbot-pkg
       treq
     ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/pkg.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/pkg.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..356ee574429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/pkg.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, setuptools }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "buildbot-pkg";
+  version = "0.9.15.post1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0gsa5fi1gkwnz8dsrl2s5kzcfawnj3nl8g8h6z1winz627l9n8sh";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://buildbot.net/;
+    description = "Buildbot Packaging Helper";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nand0p ryansydnor ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/plugins.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/plugins.nix
index d0c91e761f1..40aaad2efd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/plugins.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, pythonPackages }:
+{ stdenv, pythonPackages, buildbot-pkg }:
 
-let
-  buildbot-pkg = pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-    pname = "buildbot-pkg";
-    version = "0.9.15.post1";
-
-    src = pythonPackages.fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "0gsa5fi1gkwnz8dsrl2s5kzcfawnj3nl8g8h6z1winz627l9n8sh";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ setuptools ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      homepage = http://buildbot.net/;
-      description = "Buildbot Packaging Helper";
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ nand0p ryansydnor ];
-      license = licenses.gpl2;
-    };
-  };
-
-in {
+{
   www = pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "${pname}-${version}";
     pname = "buildbot_www";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8978d6cd70d..89952c357e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7267,6 +7267,9 @@ with pkgs;
   buildbot-worker = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/worker.nix {
     pythonPackages = python2Packages;
   };
+  buildbot-pkg = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/pkg.nix {
+    inherit (python2Packages) buildPythonPackage fetchPypi setuptools;
+  };
   buildbot-plugins = callPackages ../development/tools/build-managers/buildbot/plugins.nix {
     pythonPackages = python2Packages;
   };