diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/telegram/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/telegram/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df45aaaee3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/telegram/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "telegram";
+  version = "0.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1495l2ml8mg120wfvqhikqkfczhwwaby40vdmsz8v2l69jps01fl";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/liluo/telegram;
+    description = "Telegram APIs";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8addb60f5df..008001d3a6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4607,15 +4607,7 @@ in {
 
   pygments-markdown-lexer = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pygments-markdown-lexer { };
 
-  telegram = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "telegram-${version}";
-    version = "0.0.1";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/telegram/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1495l2ml8mg120wfvqhikqkfczhwwaby40vdmsz8v2l69jps01fl";
-    };
-  };
+  telegram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/telegram { };
 
   python-telegram-bot = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-telegram-bot { };