diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_hawkauth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_hawkauth/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a27232550571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_hawkauth/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchgit
+, pyramid
+, hawkauthlib
+, tokenlib
+, webtest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyramidhawkauth";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/mozilla-services/pyramid_hawkauth.git;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "038ign7qlavlmvrhb2y8bygbxvy4j7bx2k1zg0i3wblg2ja50w7h";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyramid hawkauthlib tokenlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ webtest ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/mozilla-services/pyramid_hawkauth;
+    description = "A Pyramid authentication plugin for HAWK";
+    license = licenses.mpl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3e15429f9362..edcd19a96848 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2115,18 +2115,7 @@ in {
 
   pyramid_multiauth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyramid_multiauth { };
 
-  pyramid_hawkauth = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pyramidhawkauth-${version}";
-    version = "0.1.0";
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = https://github.com/mozilla-services/pyramid_hawkauth.git;
-      rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-      sha256 = "038ign7qlavlmvrhb2y8bygbxvy4j7bx2k1zg0i3wblg2ja50w7h";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pyramid hawkauthlib tokenlib ];
-    buildInputs = with self; [ webtest ];
-  };
+  pyramid_hawkauth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyramid_hawkauth { };
 
   pyroute2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyroute2 { };