diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/imagick/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/imagick/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63524fb2d068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/imagick/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ buildPecl, lib, pkgs, pcre' }:
+
+buildPecl {
+  pname = "imagick";
+
+  version = "3.4.4";
+  sha256 = "0xvhaqny1v796ywx83w7jyjyd0nrxkxf34w9zi8qc8aw8qbammcd";
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-imagick=${pkgs.imagemagick.dev}" ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ pcre' ];
+
+  meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 113081686a9d..7656ffe7deb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -76,18 +76,7 @@ in
 
     igbinary = callPackage ../development/php-packages/igbinary { };
 
-    imagick = buildPecl {
-      version = "3.4.4";
-      pname = "imagick";
-
-      sha256 = "0xvhaqny1v796ywx83w7jyjyd0nrxkxf34w9zi8qc8aw8qbammcd";
-
-      configureFlags = [ "--with-imagick=${pkgs.imagemagick.dev}" ];
-      nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
-      buildInputs = [ pcre' ];
-
-      meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
-    };
+    imagick = callPackage ../development/php-packages/imagick { };
 
     mailparse = buildPecl {
       version = "3.0.3";