diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pew/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pew/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16fc4817417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pew/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, python3Packages }:
+with python3Packages; buildPythonApplication rec {
+    name = "${pname}-${version}";
+    pname = "pew";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+
+    src = fetchPypi {
+      inherit pname version;
+      sha256 = "0b8z1vjsll1kgnh3mmdjps5rr9gayy091rapp2dra71jrwkx3yfh";
+    };
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ virtualenv virtualenv-clone setuptools ];
+
+    postFixup = ''
+      set -euo pipefail
+      PEW_SITE="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
+      SETUPTOOLS="${setuptools}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
+      SETUPTOOLS_SITE=$SETUPTOOLS/$(cat $SETUPTOOLS/setuptools.pth)
+      CLONEVENV_SITE="${virtualenv-clone}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
+      SITE_PACKAGES="[\'$PEW_SITE\',\'$SETUPTOOLS_SITE\',\'$CLONEVENV_SITE\']"
+      substituteInPlace $PEW_SITE/pew/pew.py \
+        --replace "from pew.pew" "import sys; sys.path.extend($SITE_PACKAGES); from pew.pew" \
+        --replace 'sys.executable, "-m", "virtualenv"' "'${virtualenv}/bin/virtualenv'"
+    '';
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "Tools to manage multiple virtualenvs written in pure python";
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ berdario ];
+    };
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8616756a9ad..0c967d925e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6674,6 +6674,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   svg2tikz = python27Packages.svg2tikz;
 
+  pew = callPackage ../development/tools/pew {};
+
   pyrex = pyrex095;
 
   pyrex095 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/pyrex/0.9.5.nix { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1a52015334b..231d5fecf6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6994,27 +6994,6 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  pew = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pew-0.1.14";
-    namePrefix = "";
-
-    disabled = pythonOlder "3.4"; # old versions require backported libraries
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pew/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0p188ah80l0rzbib2srahj2sswz8rcpqwbrbajyv2r5c1m5k6r4b";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ virtualenv virtualenv-clone ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Tools to manage multiple virtualenvs written in pure python, a virtualenvwrapper rewrite";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ berdario ];
-    };
-  };
-
   pex = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pex-${version}";
     version = "1.2.7";