diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/gprof2dot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gprof2dot/default.nix
similarity index 53%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/profiling/gprof2dot/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/gprof2dot/default.nix
index 2f0b03ab7e3..ed48842496c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/gprof2dot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gprof2dot/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pythonPackages }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonApplication }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication {
-  name = "gprof2dot-2015-04-27";
+buildPythonApplication {
+  name = "gprof2dot-2017-09-19";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jrfonseca";
     repo = "gprof2dot";
-    rev = "6fbb81559609c12e7c64ae5dce7d102a414a7514";
-    sha256 = "1fff7w6dm6lld11hp2ij97f85ma1154h62dvchq19c5jja3zjw3c";
+    rev = "2017.09.19";
+    sha256 = "1b5wvjv5ykbhz7aix7l3y7mg1hxi0vgak4a49gr92sdlz8blj51v";
   };
 
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+  meta = with lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/jrfonseca/gprof2dot;
     description = "Python script to convert the output from many profilers into a dot graph";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.pmiddend ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b138d0b8573..89207539189 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3013,8 +3013,6 @@ in
     callPackage ../tools/misc/graylog/plugins.nix { }
   );
 
-  gprof2dot = callPackage ../development/tools/profiling/gprof2dot { };
-
   graphviz = callPackage ../tools/graphics/graphviz {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 05618cc5fb7..77787712e50 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ in {
 
   grandalf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/grandalf { };
 
+  gprof2dot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gprof2dot { };
+
   gsd = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gsd { };
 
   gssapi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gssapi { };