diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fuse-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fuse-python/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf965dd244fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fuse-python/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pkgconfig, fuse }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "fuse-python";
+  version = "0.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0p1f01gah1y8skirrwsbxapz3g6drqihnkjh27b45ifg43h45g7x";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ fuse ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  
+  # no tests in the Pypi archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Python bindings for FUSE";
+    homepage = https://github.com/libfuse/python-fuse;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ psyanticy ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fuse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fuse/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 02b86b3b33a3..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fuse/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, pkgconfig
-, fetchurl
-, fuse
-, buildPythonPackage
-, isPy3k
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "fuse";
-  version = "0.2.1";
-
-  disabled = isPy3k;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/fuse/fuse-python-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "06rmp1ap6flh64m81j0n3a357ij2vj9zwcvvw0p31y6hz1id9shi";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ fuse ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Python bindings for FUSE";
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 03e2dffe7274..59324f7ab2f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ in {
 
   fire = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fire { };
 
+  fuse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fuse-python { fuse = pkgs.fuse; };
+
   genanki = callPackage ../development/python-modules/genanki { };
 
   globus-sdk = callPackage ../development/python-modules/globus-sdk { };
@@ -5609,8 +5611,6 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  fuse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-fuse { fuse = pkgs.fuse; };
-
   fusepy = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "fusepy-2.0.4";