diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydenticon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydenticon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f217b68808c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydenticon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pillow
+, mock
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pydenticon";
+  version = "0.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "035dawcspgjw2rksbnn863s7b0i9ac8cc1nshshvd1l837ir1czp";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pillow mock ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/azaghal/pydenticon;
+    description = "Library for generating identicons. Port of Sigil (https://github.com/cupcake/sigil) with enhancements";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b44252464b8a..9cf07452466f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4371,18 +4371,7 @@ in {
 
   daemonize = callPackage ../development/python-modules/daemonize { };
 
-  pydenticon = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "pydenticon-${version}";
-    version = "0.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/pydenticon/pydenticon-0.2.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "035dawcspgjw2rksbnn863s7b0i9ac8cc1nshshvd1l837ir1czp";
-    };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      pillow mock
-    ];
-  };
+  pydenticon = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pydenticon { };
 
   pynac = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pynac-${version}";