diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hpack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e85dd51e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hpack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hpack";
+  version = "2.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1ad0fx4d7a52zf441qzhjc7vwy9v3qdrk1zyf06ikz8y2nl9mgai";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Pure-Python HPACK header compression";
+    homepage = "http://hyper.rtfd.org";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 08397746646..bda244f3340 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2957,20 +2957,7 @@ in {
 
   netifaces = callPackage ../development/python-modules/netifaces { };
 
-  hpack = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "hpack-${version}";
-    version = "2.3.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/h/hpack/hpack-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1ad0fx4d7a52zf441qzhjc7vwy9v3qdrk1zyf06ikz8y2nl9mgai";
-    };
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "========================================";
-      homepage = "http://hyper.rtfd.org";
-    };
-  };
+  hpack = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hpack { };
 
   nevow = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nevow { };