diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hglib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hglib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e96f938991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hglib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, nose, mercurial, isPy3k }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-hglib";
+  version = "2.4";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0qll9cc9ndqizby00gxdcf6d0cysdhjkr8670a4ffrk55bcnwgb9";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose ];
+  buildInputs = [ mercurial ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''python test.py'';
+  doCheck = if isPy3k then false else true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Mercurial Python library";
+    homepage = "http://selenic.com/repo/python-hglib";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dfoxfranke ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bc55c414aa0..09628a3bfaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6143,23 +6143,7 @@ in {
 
   };
 
-  hglib = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "1.7";
-    name = "hglib-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/python-hglib/python-hglib-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0dc087d15b774cda82d3c8096fb0e514caeb2ddb60eed38e9056b16e279ba3c5";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Mercurial Python library";
-      homepage = "http://selenic.com/repo/python-hglib";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ dfoxfranke ];
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  hglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hglib {};
 
   humanize = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.5.1";