diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flup/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8256f5a1063d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flup/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy3k
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "flup";
+  version = "1.0.3";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "5eb09f26eb0751f8380d8ac43d1dfb20e1d42eca0fa45ea9289fa532a79cd159";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://trac.saddi.com/flup";
+    description = "FastCGI Python module set";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 12e2d0e84560..c7cc5e7fbdd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2305,20 +2305,8 @@ in {
       license = licenses.mit;
     };
   };
-  flup = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "flup-1.0.2";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
 
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.saddi.com/software/flup/dist/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1nbx174g40l1z3a8arw72qz05a1qxi3didp9wm7kvkn1bxx33bab";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = "http://trac.saddi.com/flup";
-      description = "FastCGI Python module set";
-    };
-  });
+  flup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/flup { };
 
   fn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fn { };