diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cloudpickle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cloudpickle/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7c79bbc2827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cloudpickle/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, mock }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cloudpickle";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0x4fbycipkhfax7lydaxcnc14g42g274qba17j51shr5gbq6m8lx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pytest mock ];
+
+  # See README for tests invocation
+  checkPhase = ''
+    PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:'.:tests' py.test
+  '';
+
+  # TypeError: cannot serialize '_io.FileIO' object
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Extended pickling support for Python objects";
+    homepage = https://github.com/cloudpipe/cloudpickle;
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 122e9947928d..404555430cbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1574,31 +1574,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  cloudpickle = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "cloudpickle-${version}";
-    version = "0.2.2";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/c/cloudpickle/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0x4fbycipkhfax7lydaxcnc14g42g274qba17j51shr5gbq6m8lx";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pytest mock ];
-
-    # See README for tests invocation
-    checkPhase = ''
-      PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:'.:tests' py.test
-    '';
-
-    # TypeError: cannot serialize '_io.FileIO' object
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Extended pickling support for Python objects";
-      homepage = https://github.com/cloudpipe/cloudpickle;
-      license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
-    };
-  };
+  cloudpickle = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cloudpickle { };
 
   cmdline = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "cmdline";