diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d5de0c73ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ pkgs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, six
+, nose
+, appdirs
+, scandir
+, backports_os
+, typing
+, pytz
+, enum34
+, pyftpdlib
+, psutil
+, mock
+, pythonAtLeast
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fs";
+  version = "2.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "b20a4aeac9079b194f0160957d4265bb6c99ce68f1b12e980b0fb96f74aafb70";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.glibcLocales ];
+  checkInputs = [ nose pyftpdlib mock psutil ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six appdirs pytz ]
+    ++ pkgs.lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ backports_os ]
+    ++ pkgs.lib.optionals (!pythonAtLeast "3.6") [ typing ]
+    ++ pkgs.lib.optionals (!pythonAtLeast "3.5") [ scandir ]
+    ++ pkgs.lib.optionals (!pythonAtLeast "3.5") [ enum34 ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # required for installation
+    touch LICENSE
+    # tests modify home directory results in (4 tests failing) / 1600
+    rm tests/test_appfs.py tests/test_opener.py
+  '';
+
+  LC_ALL="en_US.utf-8";
+
+  meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+    description = "Filesystem abstraction";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/PyFilesystem/pyfilesystem2;
+    license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2bde64c1486..c4bd0b6446b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5581,37 +5581,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  fs = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "fs-0.5.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "mirror://pypi/f/fs/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "ba2cca8773435a7c86059d57cb4b8ea30fda40f8610941f7822d1ce3ffd36197";
-    };
-
-    LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.glibcLocales ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ self.six ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover
-    '';
-
-    # Because 2to3 is used the tests in $out need to be run.
-    # Both when using unittest and pytest this resulted in many errors,
-    # some Python byte/str errors, and others specific to resources tested.
-    # Failing tests due to the latter is to be expected with this type of package.
-    # Tests are therefore disabled.
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Filesystem abstraction";
-      homepage    = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fs;
-      license     = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
-      platforms   = platforms.unix;
-    };
-  };
+  fs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fs { };
 
   fusepy = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "fusepy-2.0.4";