diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycountry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycountry/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90d573aaaa77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycountry/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pycountry";
+  version = "1.17";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1qvhq0c9xsh6d4apcvjphfzl6xnwhnk4jvhr8x2fdfnmb034lc26";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://bitbucket.org/flyingcircus/pycountry;
+    description = "ISO country, subdivision, language, currency and script definitions and their translations";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0d17d417ca47..8ca78054564e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3035,15 +3035,7 @@ in {
 
   FormEncode = callPackage ../development/python-modules/FormEncode { };
 
-  pycountry = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pycountry-${version}";
-    version = "1.17";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pycountry/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1qvhq0c9xsh6d4apcvjphfzl6xnwhnk4jvhr8x2fdfnmb034lc26";
-    };
-  };
+  pycountry = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycountry { };
 
   nine = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "nine-${version}";