diff --git a/pkgs/development/go-modules/libs.json b/pkgs/development/go-modules/libs.json
index 8ac830e9c8d5..deec3354f97b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/go-modules/libs.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/go-modules/libs.json
@@ -1213,5 +1213,14 @@
       "rev": "fb7299726d2e68745a8805b14f2ff44b5c2cfa84",
       "sha256": "185af0x475hq2wmm2zdvxjyslkplf8zzqijdxa937zqxq63qiw4w"
     }
+  },
+  {
+    "goPackagePath": "github.com/prometheus/log",
+    "fetch": {
+      "type": "git",
+      "url": "https://github.com/prometheus/log",
+      "rev": "439e5db48fbb50ebbaf2c816030473a62f505f55",
+      "sha256": "1fl23gsw2hn3c1y91qckr661sybqcw2gqnd1gllxn3hp6p2w6hxv"
+    }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/nginx-exporter.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/nginx-exporter.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5da457c0a190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/nginx-exporter.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This file was generated by go2nix.
+{ stdenv, lib, goPackages, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchsvn }:
+
+with goPackages;
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "nginx_exporter-${version}";
+  version = "20160524-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
+  rev = "2cf16441591f6b6e58a8c0439dcaf344057aea2b";
+  
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/discordianfish/nginx_exporter";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    inherit rev;
+    url = "https://github.com/discordianfish/nginx_exporter";
+    sha256 = "0p9j0bbr2lr734980x2p8d67lcify21glwc5k3i3j4ri4vadpxvc";
+  };
+
+  goDeps = ./nginx-exporter_deps.json;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Metrics relay from nginx stats to Prometheus";
+    homepage = https://github.com/discordianfish/nginx_exporter;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ benley ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/nginx-exporter_deps.json b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/nginx-exporter_deps.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7a2b3d1f6c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/nginx-exporter_deps.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[
+  {
+    "include": "../../libs.json",
+    "packages": [
+      "github.com/prometheus/log",
+      "github.com/prometheus/client_golang",
+      "github.com/prometheus/client_model",
+      "github.com/prometheus/procfs",
+      "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus",
+      "github.com/beorn7/perks",
+      "github.com/golang/protobuf",
+      "github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions",
+      "bitbucket.org/ww/goautoneg"
+    ]
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8dfa3d490c10..2f491659d08b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10185,7 +10185,7 @@ in
   prometheus-haproxy-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/haproxy-exporter.nix { };
   prometheus-mesos-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/mesos-exporter.nix { };
   prometheus-mysqld-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix { };
-  prometheus-nginx-exporter = goPackages.prometheus.nginx-exporter.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
+  prometheus-nginx-exporter = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/prometheus/nginx-exporter.nix { };
   prometheus-node-exporter = goPackages.prometheus.node-exporter.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
   prometheus-pushgateway = goPackages.prometheus.pushgateway.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
   prometheus-statsd-bridge = goPackages.prometheus.statsd-bridge.bin // { outputs = [ "bin" ]; };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
index 44dc1260c37d..8542cde5392e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/go-packages.nix
@@ -2585,22 +2585,6 @@ let
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ logrus ];
   };
 
-  prometheus.nginx-exporter = buildFromGitHub {
-    rev = "2cf16441591f6b6e58a8c0439dcaf344057aea2b";
-    version = "2015-06-01";
-    owner = "discordianfish";
-    repo = "nginx_exporter";
-    sha256 = "0p9j0bbr2lr734980x2p8d67lcify21glwc5k3i3j4ri4vadpxvc";
-    buildInputs = [ prometheus.client_golang prometheus.log ];
-    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "Metrics relay from nginx stats to Prometheus";
-      homepage = https://github.com/discordianfish/nginx_exporter;
-      license = licenses.asl20;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ benley ];
-      platforms = platforms.unix;
-    };
-  };
-
   prometheus.node-exporter = buildFromGitHub {
     rev = "0.11.0";
     owner = "prometheus";