diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pip2nix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pip2nix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e648f1ca184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pip2nix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, click
+, configobj
+, contexter
+, jinja2
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pip2nix";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "ec9a71e09ac7f43cc7b6c9d386384eb7b5c331bf6ea0e72ca559d87979397a95";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ click configobj contexter jinja2 pytest ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "s/'pip>=8,<10'/'pip'/" setup.py
+    sed -i "s/pip<10,>=8/pip/" ${pname}.egg-info/requires.txt
+  '';
+
+  # tests not included with pypi release
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Generate Nix expressions for Python packages";
+    homepage = https://github.com/johbo/pip2nix;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2af1b7c1f3e4..03793fb646fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3792,19 +3792,7 @@ in {
 
   pid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pid { };
 
-  pip2nix = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pip2nix-${version}";
-    version = "0.3.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pip2nix/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1s76i8r4khq8y5r6g4218jg2c6qldmw5xhzymxad51ii8hafpwq6";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ click configobj contexter jinja2 pytest ];
-
-    meta.broken = true;
-  };
+  pip2nix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pip2nix { };
 
   pychef = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name    = "PyChef-${version}";