diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mailchimp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mailchimp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9640a4ab5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mailchimp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, docopt
+, requests
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "2.0.9";
+  pname = "mailchimp";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0351ai0jqv3dzx0xxm1138sa7mb42si6xfygl5ak8wnfc95ff770";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ docopt ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i 's/==/>=/' setup.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A CLI client and Python API library for the MailChimp email platform";
+    homepage = "http://apidocs.mailchimp.com/api/2.0/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index db4b4390127..d8580cde4ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1968,27 +1968,7 @@ in {
 
   m2r = callPackage ../development/python-modules/m2r { };
 
-  mailchimp = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "2.0.9";
-    name = "mailchimp-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/m/mailchimp/mailchimp-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0351ai0jqv3dzx0xxm1138sa7mb42si6xfygl5ak8wnfc95ff770";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ docopt ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests ];
-    patchPhase = ''
-      sed -i 's/==/>=/' setup.py
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A CLI client and Python API library for the MailChimp email platform";
-      homepage = "http://apidocs.mailchimp.com/api/2.0/";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  mailchimp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mailchimp { };
 
   python-mapnik = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "python-mapnik-${version}";