diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/pdo_sqlsrv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/pdo_sqlsrv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46da3024809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/pdo_sqlsrv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ buildPecl, lib, pkgs, php }:
+
+buildPecl {
+  pname = "pdo_sqlsrv";
+
+  version = "5.8.1";
+  sha256 = "06ba4x34fgs092qq9w62y2afsm1nyasqiprirk4951ax9v5vcir0";
+
+  internalDeps = [ php.extensions.pdo ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.unixODBC ] ++ pkgs.lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin [ pkgs.libiconv ];
+
+  meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 7db70aa1054..ec8f61eb03a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -120,18 +120,7 @@ in
       meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
     };
 
-    pdo_sqlsrv = buildPecl {
-      version = "5.8.1";
-      pname = "pdo_sqlsrv";
-
-      sha256 = "06ba4x34fgs092qq9w62y2afsm1nyasqiprirk4951ax9v5vcir0";
-
-      internalDeps = [ php.extensions.pdo ];
-
-      buildInputs = [ pkgs.unixODBC ] ++ pkgs.lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin [ pkgs.libiconv ];
-
-      meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
-    };
+    pdo_sqlsrv = callPackage ../development/php-packages/pdo_sqlsrv { };
 
     php_excel = buildPecl rec {
       version = "1.0.2";