diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lxc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lxc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a078d33a8895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lxc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, isPy3k
+, pkgs
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "python-lxc-unstable";
+  version = "2016-08-25";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lxc";
+    repo = "python2-lxc";
+    rev = "0553f05d23b56b59bf3015fa5e45bfbfab9021ef";
+    sha256 = "0p9kb20xvq91gx2wfs3vppb7vsp8kmd90i3q95l4nl1y4aismdn4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgs.lxc ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Out of tree python 2.7 binding for liblxc";
+    homepage = https://github.com/lxc/python2-lxc;
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8cf847a07c35..c259ed984c55 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5765,26 +5765,7 @@ in {
 
   lxml = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lxml {inherit (pkgs) libxml2 libxslt;};
 
-  lxc = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "python-lxc-unstable-2016-08-25";
-    disabled = !isPy27;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "lxc";
-      repo = "python2-lxc";
-      rev = "0553f05d23b56b59bf3015fa5e45bfbfab9021ef";
-      sha256 = "0p9kb20xvq91gx2wfs3vppb7vsp8kmd90i3q95l4nl1y4aismdn4";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.lxc ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Out of tree python 2.7 binding for liblxc";
-      homepage = https://github.com/lxc/python2-lxc;
-      license = licenses.lgpl2;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 ];
-    };
-  });
+  lxc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lxc { };
 
   py_scrypt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/py_scrypt { };