diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinputevent/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinputevent/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4709cf0d116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyinputevent/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "pyinputevent";
+  version = "2016-10-18";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ntzrmtthihu777";
+    repo = "pyinputevent";
+    rev = "d2075fa5db5d8a402735fe788bb33cf9fe272a5b";
+    sha256 = "0rkis0xp8f9jc00x7jb9kbvhdla24z1vl30djqa6wy6fx0cr6sib";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ntzrmtthihu777/pyinputevent";
+    description = "Python interface to the Input Subsystem's input_event and uinput";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 18a77520fe5..a0cbbfe3d24 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3366,23 +3366,7 @@ in {
 
   PyICU = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyicu { };
 
-  pyinputevent = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyinputevent-2016-10-18";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "ntzrmtthihu777";
-      repo = "pyinputevent";
-      rev = "d2075fa5db5d8a402735fe788bb33cf9fe272a5b";
-      sha256 = "0rkis0xp8f9jc00x7jb9kbvhdla24z1vl30djqa6wy6fx0cr6sib";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/ntzrmtthihu777/pyinputevent";
-      description = "Python interface to the Input Subsystem's input_event and uinput";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      platforms = platforms.linux;
-    };
-  };
+  pyinputevent = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyinputevent { };
 
   pyinotify = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pyinotify-${version}";