diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hvac/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hvac/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..067b816d58ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hvac/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, requests }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "hvac";
+  version = "0.2.15";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0qxa4g1ij1bj27mbp8l54lcr7d5krkb2rayisc6shkpf2b51ip4c";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "HashiCorp Vault API client";
+    homepage = https://github.com/ianunruh/hvac;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 83b30f0ab868..571d864e7e6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8389,17 +8389,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  hvac = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name    = "hvac-${version}";
-    version = "0.2.15";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url    = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/11/ba/6101780891b9d55f6174fa78b47d462c8c1f0cde34072b45fc39f7f8a77c/hvac-0.2.15.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0qxa4g1ij1bj27mbp8l54lcr7d5krkb2rayisc6shkpf2b51ip4c";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ requests ];
-  };
+  hvac = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hvac { };
 
   hypothesis = callPackage ../development/python-modules/hypothesis { };