diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gcovr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gcovr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4812744bfa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gcovr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gcovr";
+  version = "2.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "2c878e03c2eff2282e64035bec0a30532b2b1173aadf08486401883b79e4dab1";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A Python script for summarizing gcov data";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+    homepage = http://gcovr.com/;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 98bc670498a..a67aa1c5861 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2352,19 +2352,7 @@ in {
 
   futures = callPackage ../development/python-modules/futures { };
 
-  gcovr = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "gcovr-2.4";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/g/gcovr/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "2c878e03c2eff2282e64035bec0a30532b2b1173aadf08486401883b79e4dab1";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A Python script for summarizing gcov data";
-      license = "BSD";
-    };
-  };
+  gcovr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gcovr { };
 
   gdal = toPythonModule (pkgs.gdal.override {
     pythonPackages = self;