diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0be1009b069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/praw/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, requests, decorator, flake8, mock, six, update_checker, pytestrunner, prawcore
+, pytest, betamax, betamax-serializers, betamax-matchers, requests_toolbelt
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "praw";
+  version = "5.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "praw-dev";
+    repo = "praw";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0nwfadczxa1fyq65zc3sfv8g2r4w3xrx3bdi5fv9xpn97wh2ifgw";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+    decorator
+    flake8
+    mock
+    six
+    update_checker
+    pytestrunner
+    prawcore
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+    betamax
+    betamax-serializers
+    betamax-matchers
+    requests_toolbelt
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python Reddit API wrapper";
+    homepage = http://praw.readthedocs.org/;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index dbfb52b1fadf..727a2b25adba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15066,34 +15066,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  praw = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "praw-3.5.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/praw/${name}.zip";
-      sha256 = "1hwdzqbrjdkicqhyxpcpsmld21k0ndpy8d2gk6l5mv9isw3dm8qa";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      requests
-      decorator
-      flake8
-      mock
-      six
-      update_checker
-    ];
-
-    # can't find the tests module?
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python Reddit API wrapper";
-      homepage = http://praw.readthedocs.org/;
-      license = licenses.gpl3;
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgeerds ];
-    };
-  };
+  praw = callPackage ../development/python-modules/praw { };
 
   prawcore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/prawcore { };