diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-websocket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-websocket/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28dab3a257f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gevent-websocket/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, isPy3k
+, gevent
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "gevent-websocket";
+  version = "0.9.3";
+  # SyntaxError in tests.
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "07rqwfpbv13mk6gg8mf0bmvcf6siyffjpgai1xd8ky7r801j4xb4";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gevent ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.gitlab.com/noppo/gevent-websocket;
+    description = "Websocket handler for the gevent pywsgi server, a Python network library";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d772e0a334f3..592d95369591 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2372,20 +2372,7 @@ in {
 
   geojson = callPackage ../development/python-modules/geojson { };
 
-  gevent-websocket = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "gevent-websocket-0.9.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/g/gevent-websocket/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "07rqwfpbv13mk6gg8mf0bmvcf6siyffjpgai1xd8ky7r801j4xb4";
-    };
-
-    # SyntaxError in tests.
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ gevent ];
-
-  };
+  gevent-websocket = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gevent-websocket { };
 
   genzshcomp = buildPythonPackage {
     name = "genzshcomp-0.5.1";