diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/samplerate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/samplerate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..432e2194b098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/samplerate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchgit
+, numpy
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "scikits.samplerate";
+  version = "0.3.3";
+
+  src = pkgs.fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/cournape/samplerate;
+    rev = "a536c97eb2d6195b5f266ea3cc3a35364c4c2210";
+    sha256 = "0mgic7bs5zv5ji05vr527jlxxlb70f9dg93hy1lzyz2plm1kf7gg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =  [ pkgs.libsamplerate ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+     cat > site.cfg << END
+     [samplerate]
+     library_dirs=${pkgs.libsamplerate.out}/lib
+     include_dirs=${pkgs.libsamplerate.dev}/include
+     END
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/cournape/samplerate;
+    description = "High quality sampling rate convertion from audio data in numpy arrays";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a01278025794..a18523ae31c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2147,29 +2147,7 @@ in {
 
   safe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/safe { };
 
-  samplerate = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "scikits.samplerate-${version}";
-    version = "0.3.3";
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = https://github.com/cournape/samplerate;
-      rev = "a536c97eb2d6195b5f266ea3cc3a35364c4c2210";
-      sha256 = "0mgic7bs5zv5ji05vr527jlxxlb70f9dg93hy1lzyz2plm1kf7gg";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self;  [ pkgs.libsamplerate ];
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy ];
-
-    preConfigure = ''
-       cat > site.cfg << END
-       [samplerate]
-       library_dirs=${pkgs.libsamplerate.out}/lib
-       include_dirs=${pkgs.libsamplerate.dev}/include
-       END
-    '';
-
-    doCheck = false;
-  };
+  samplerate = callPackage ../development/python-modules/samplerate { };
 
   sarge = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sarge { };