diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nibabel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nibabel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5aba6ffd71ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nibabel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, numpy
+, nose
+, six
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "nibabel";
+  version = "2.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1h6nhi1s2ab7sdyyl3qjnvlw0kggcnam7vn4b3z56ay20596kvhw";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    numpy
+    nose
+    six
+  ];
+
+  # Failing tests
+  # nibabel.tests.test_minc1.test_old_namespace
+  # nibabel.gifti.tests.test_parse_gifti_fast.test_parse_dataarrays
+  # nibabel.gifti.tests.test_giftiio.test_read_deprecated
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://nipy.org/nibabel/;
+    description = "Access a multitude of neuroimaging data formats";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ashgillman ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 7687f735bee4..be92851919c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11334,32 +11334,7 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
-  nibabel = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    version = "2.2.0";
-    name = "nibabel-${version}";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/n/nibabel/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1h6nhi1s2ab7sdyyl3qjnvlw0kggcnam7vn4b3z56ay20596kvhw";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      numpy
-      nose
-      six
-    ];
-
-    # Failing tests
-    # nibabel.tests.test_minc1.test_old_namespace
-    # nisext.tests.test_testers.test_back_tick
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://nipy.org/nibabel/;
-      description = "Access a multitude of neuroimaging data formats";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  nibabel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nibabel {};
 
   nilearn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nilearn {};