diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/suds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/suds/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4a8e480ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/suds/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "suds";
+  version = "0.4";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1w4s9051iv90c0gs73k80c3d51y2wbx1xgfdgg2hk7mv4gjlllnm";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./suds-0.4-CVE-2013-2217.patch ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    # Broken for security issues:
+    # - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/19678
+    # - https://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/559200/
+    broken = true;
+    description = "Lightweight SOAP client";
+    homepage = https://fedorahosted.org/suds;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/suds-0.4-CVE-2013-2217.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/suds/suds-0.4-CVE-2013-2217.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/suds-0.4-CVE-2013-2217.patch
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/suds/suds-0.4-CVE-2013-2217.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 68df3ed5da0..9250789462d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4463,27 +4463,7 @@ in {
 
   pafy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pafy { };
 
-  suds = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "suds-0.4";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/suds/suds-0.4.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1w4s9051iv90c0gs73k80c3d51y2wbx1xgfdgg2hk7mv4gjlllnm";
-    };
-
-    patches = [ ../development/python-modules/suds-0.4-CVE-2013-2217.patch ];
-
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      # Broken for security issues:
-      # - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/19678
-      # - https://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/559200/
-      broken = true;
-      description = "Lightweight SOAP client";
-      homepage = https://fedorahosted.org/suds;
-      license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-    };
-  };
+  suds = callPackage ../development/python-modules/suds { };
 
   suds-jurko = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "suds-jurko-${version}";