diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftgl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftgl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51de5e8fad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftgl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, boost, freetype, ftgl, mesa }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "pyftgl-0.4b";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "umlaeute";
+    repo = "pyftgl";
+    rev = "0.4b";
+    sha256 = "12zcjv4cwwjihiaf74kslrdmmk4bs47h7006gyqfwdfchfjdgg4r";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost freetype ftgl mesa ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for FTGL (FreeType for OpenGL)";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 76ddbbd349a..6c940f56f2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -17784,8 +17784,7 @@ in {
 
   pyflakes = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyflakes { };
 
-  pyftgl = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyftgl-0.4b";
+  pyftgl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyftgl { };
 
     src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "umlaeute";