diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/thrift/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thrift/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..932c642e9b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thrift/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "thrift";
+  version = "0.9.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "dfbc3d3bd19d396718dab05abaf46d93ae8005e2df798ef02e32793cd963877e";
+  };
+
+  # No tests. Breaks when not disabling.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for the Apache Thrift RPC system";
+    homepage = http://thrift.apache.org/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hbunke ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 4640224be13e..9a4d4cc17c80 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4427,26 +4427,7 @@ in {
 
   setproctitle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/setproctitle { };
 
-  thrift = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "thrift-${version}";
-    version = "0.9.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/t/thrift/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "dfbc3d3bd19d396718dab05abaf46d93ae8005e2df798ef02e32793cd963877e";
-    };
-
-    # No tests. Breaks when not disabling.
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python bindings for the Apache Thrift RPC system";
-      homepage = http://thrift.apache.org/;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ hbunke ];
-
-    };
-  };
+  thrift = callPackage ../development/python-modules/thrift { };
 
   geeknote = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "2015-05-11";