diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-socketio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-socketio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e95519a346c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-socketio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, versiontools
+, gevent-websocket
+, mock
+, pytest
+, gevent
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gevent-socketio";
+  version = "0.3.6";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1zra86hg2l1jcpl9nsnqagy3nl3akws8bvrbpgdxk15x7ywllfak";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ versiontools gevent-websocket mock pytest ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gevent ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/abourget/gevent-socketio;
+    description = "SocketIO server based on the Gevent pywsgi server, a Python network library";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9e1572115a5..d772e0a334f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2366,18 +2366,7 @@ in {
 
   geventhttpclient = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geventhttpclient { };
 
-  gevent-socketio = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "gevent-socketio-0.3.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/g/gevent-socketio/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1zra86hg2l1jcpl9nsnqagy3nl3akws8bvrbpgdxk15x7ywllfak";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ versiontools gevent-websocket mock pytest ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ gevent ];
-
-  };
+  gevent-socketio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent-socketio { };
 
   geopandas = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geopandas { };