diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmltodict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmltodict/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be1651caf8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xmltodict/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, coverage
+, nose
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "xmltodict";
+  version = "0.11.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "8f8d7d40aa28d83f4109a7e8aa86e67a4df202d9538be40c0cb1d70da527b0df";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ coverage nose ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON";
+    homepage = https://github.com/martinblech/xmltodict;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1eca6d754a69..d677520468ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -20559,22 +20559,7 @@ EOF
     };
   });
 
-  xmltodict = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "xmltodict-0.9.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/x/xmltodict/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "00crqnjh1kbvcgfnn3b8c7vq30lf4ykkxp1xf3pf7mswr5l1wp97";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ coverage nose ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON";
-      homepage = https://github.com/martinblech/xmltodict;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  });
+  xmltodict = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xmltodict { };
 
   xarray = callPackage ../development/python-modules/xarray { };