diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/daemonize/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/daemonize/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68863c61ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/daemonize/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "daemonize";
+  version = "2.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0y139sq657bpzfv6k0aqm4071z4s40i6ybpni9qvngvdcz6r86n2";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library to enable your code run as a daemon process on Unix-like systems";
+    homepage = https://github.com/thesharp/daemonize;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8fdd339903a..b44252464b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4369,15 +4369,7 @@ in {
 
   canonicaljson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/canonicaljson { };
 
-  daemonize = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "daemonize-${version}";
-    version = "2.4.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/d/daemonize/daemonize-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0y139sq657bpzfv6k0aqm4071z4s40i6ybpni9qvngvdcz6r86n2";
-    };
-  };
+  daemonize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/daemonize { };
 
   pydenticon = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pydenticon-${version}";