diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libthumbor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libthumbor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c9987a5b8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libthumbor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, django
+, six
+, pycrypto
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "libthumbor";
+  version = "1.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1vjhszsf8wl9k16wyg2rfjycjnawzl7z8j39bhiysbz5x4lqg91b";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ django ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six pycrypto ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "libthumbor is the python extension to thumbor";
+    homepage = https://github.com/heynemann/libthumbor;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 325a8e83977c..6b2907d3a2c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1942,28 +1942,6 @@ in {
 
   libsoundtouch = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libsoundtouch { };
 
-  libthumbor = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "libthumbor-${version}";
-    version = "1.3.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/l/libthumbor/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1vjhszsf8wl9k16wyg2rfjycjnawzl7z8j39bhiysbz5x4lqg91b";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ django ];
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ six pycrypto ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "libthumbor is the python extension to thumbor";
-      homepage = https://github.com/heynemann/libthumbor;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-
   lightblue = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "lightblue";
     version = "0.4";
@@ -1996,6 +1974,7 @@ in {
       url = "mirror://pypi/l/lightning-python/${name}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "3987d7d4a634bdb6db9bcf212cf4d2f72bab5bc039f4f6cbc02c9d01c4ade792";
     };
+  libthumbor = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libthumbor { };
 
     buildInputs = with self; [ pytest ];