diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dill/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dill/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79c87772ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dill/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dill";
+  version = "0.2.7.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "97fd758f5fe742d42b11ec8318ecfcff8776bccacbfcec05dfd6276f5d450f73";
+  };
+
+  # Messy test suite. Even when running the tests like tox does, it fails
+  doCheck = false;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    for test in tests/*.py; do
+      ${python.interpreter} $test
+    done
+  '';
+  # Following error without setting checkPhase
+  # TypeError: don't know how to make test from: {'byref': False, 'recurse': False, 'protocol': 3, 'fmode': 0}
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Serialize all of python (almost)";
+    homepage = http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mmckerns/dill.htm;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f611902a9fc..f14cf82dc68 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4946,24 +4946,7 @@ in {
   };
 
 
-  dill = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "dill-${version}";
-    version = "0.2.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/d/dill/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "6c1ccca68be483fa8c66e85a89ffc850206c26373aa77a97b83d8d0994e7f1fd";
-    };
-
-    # TypeError: don't know how to make test from: {'byref': False, 'recurse': False, 'protocol': 3, 'fmode': 0}
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Serialize all of python (almost)";
-      homepage = http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~mmckerns/dill.htm;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  dill = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dill { };
 
   discogs_client = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "discogs-client-2.0.2";