diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bpython/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..515494b5f931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bpython/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl, pygments, greenlet, curtsies, urwid, requests, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "bpython";
+  version = "0.17";
+  name  = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  # 0.17 is still missing on PyPI, https://github.com/bpython/bpython/issues/706
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://bpython-interpreter.org/releases/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "13fyyx06645ikvmj9zmkixr12kzk1c3a3f9s9i2rvaczjycn82lz";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ curtsies greenlet pygments requests urwid ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ mock ];
+
+  # tests fail: https://github.com/bpython/bpython/issues/712
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A fancy curses interface to the Python interactive interpreter";
+    homepage = "https://bpython-interpreter.org/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1e5f2352356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/curtsies/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, blessings, mock, nose, pyte, pytest, wcwidth }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "curtsies";
+  version = "0.2.11";
+  name  = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1vljmw3sy6lrqahhpyg4gk13mzcx3mwhvg8s41698ms3cpgkjipc";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ blessings wcwidth pyte ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ nose mock pytest ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Curses-like terminal wrapper, with colored strings!";
+    homepage = https://pypi.python.org/pypi/curtsies;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyte/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyte/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2bd710705815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyte/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, pytestrunner, wcwidth }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pyte";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+  name  = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1an54hvyjm8gncx8cgabz9mkpgjkdb0bkyjlkh7g7f94nr3wnfl7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ wcwidth ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest pytestrunner ];
+
+  # tries to write to os.path.dirname(__file__) in test_input_output
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test -k "not test_input_output"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple VTXXX-compatible linux terminal emulator";
+    homepage = https://github.com/selectel/pyte;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/urwid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/urwid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..129f4821e875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/urwid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+
+buildPythonPackage (rec {
+  pname = "urwid";
+  version = "1.3.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "18cnd1wdjcas08x5qwa5ayw6jsfcn33w4d9f7q3s29fy6qzc1kng";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A full-featured console (xterm et al.) user interface library";
+    homepage = http://excess.org/urwid;
+    repositories.git = git://github.com/wardi/urwid.git;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a6c3e163f838..7da6d973a81f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2061,23 +2061,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-
-  bpython = buildPythonPackage rec {
-     name = "bpython-0.12";
-     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-       url = "http://www.bpython-interpreter.org/releases/bpython-0.12.tar.gz";
-       sha256 = "1ilf58qq7sazmcgg4f1wswbhcn2gb8qbbrpgm6gf0j2lbm60gabl";
-     };
-
-     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pygments ];
-     doCheck = false;
-
-     meta = {
-       description = "UNKNOWN";
-       homepage = "UNKNOWN";
-       maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
-     };
-   };
+  bpython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bpython {};
 
   bsddb3 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "bsddb3-${version}";
@@ -3324,6 +3308,8 @@ in {
     doCheck = false;
   };
 
+  curtsies = callPackage ../development/python-modules/curtsies { };
+
   oslo-vmware = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "oslo.vmware-${version}";
     version = "1.22.0";
@@ -12364,6 +12350,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
+  pyte = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyte { };
+
   graphviz = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "graphviz-${version}";
     version = "0.5.2";
@@ -21587,25 +21575,7 @@ in {
 
   urlgrabber = callPackage ../development/python-modules/urlgrabber {};
 
-  urwid = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "urwid-1.3.1";
-
-    # multiple:  NameError: name 'evl' is not defined
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/u/urwid/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "18cnd1wdjcas08x5qwa5ayw6jsfcn33w4d9f7q3s29fy6qzc1kng";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A full-featured console (xterm et al.) user interface library";
-      homepage = http://excess.org/urwid;
-      repositories.git = git://github.com/wardi/urwid.git;
-      license = licenses.lgpl21;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
-    };
-  });
+  urwid = callPackage ../development/python-modules/urwid {};
 
   urwidtrees = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "urwidtrees-${rev}";