diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd9ca9451b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mpv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "mpv";
+  version = "0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0b9kd70mshdr713f3l1lbnz1q0vlg2y76h5d8liy1bzqm7hjcgfw";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.mpv ];
+  patchPhase = "substituteInPlace mpv.py --replace libmpv.so ${pkgs.mpv}/lib/libmpv.so";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A python interface to the mpv media player";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv";
+    license = licenses.agpl3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0fb41fd5aea..517f58e2e9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2828,23 +2828,7 @@ in {
 
   mpd2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpd2 { };
 
-  mpv = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "mpv-0.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/m/mpv/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0b9kd70mshdr713f3l1lbnz1q0vlg2y76h5d8liy1bzqm7hjcgfw";
-    };
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.mpv ];
-    patchPhase = "substituteInPlace mpv.py --replace libmpv.so ${pkgs.mpv}/lib/libmpv.so";
-
-    meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "A python interface to the mpv media player";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/jaseg/python-mpv";
-      license = licenses.agpl3;
-    };
-
-  };
+  mpv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mpv { };
 
   mrbob = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mrbob {};