diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/netaddr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/netaddr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eed3d758054b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/netaddr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pytest
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "netaddr";
+  version = "0.7.19";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "38aeec7cdd035081d3a4c306394b19d677623bf76fa0913f6695127c7753aefd";
+  };
+
+  LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.glibcLocales pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test netaddr/tests
+  '';
+
+  patches = [
+    (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/drkjam/netaddr/commit/2ab73f10be7069c9412e853d2d0caf29bd624012.patch;
+      sha256 = "0s1cdn9v5alpviabhcjmzc0m2pnpq9dh2fnnk2x96dnry1pshg39";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/drkjam/netaddr/;
+    description = "A network address manipulation library for Python";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9cba5f5a9d22..a315b01c4190 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2953,35 +2953,7 @@ in {
 
   slixmpp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/slixmpp { };
 
-  netaddr = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "netaddr";
-    version = "0.7.19";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "38aeec7cdd035081d3a4c306394b19d677623bf76fa0913f6695127c7753aefd";
-    };
-
-    LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.glibcLocales pytest ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      py.test netaddr/tests
-    '';
-
-    patches = [
-      (pkgs.fetchpatch {
-        url = https://github.com/drkjam/netaddr/commit/2ab73f10be7069c9412e853d2d0caf29bd624012.patch;
-        sha256 = "0s1cdn9v5alpviabhcjmzc0m2pnpq9dh2fnnk2x96dnry1pshg39";
-      })
-    ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://github.com/drkjam/netaddr/;
-      description = "A network address manipulation library for Python";
-    };
-  };
+  netaddr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/netaddr { };
 
   netifaces = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.10.6";