diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdbplugin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdbplugin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f5435461abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ipdbplugin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, nose
+, ipython
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "ipdbplugin";
+  version = "1.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "4778d78b5d0af1a2a6d341aed9e72eb73b1df6b179e145b4845d3a209137029c";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose ipython ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://github.com/flavioamieiro/nose-ipdb/tree/master;
+    description = "Nose plugin to use iPdb instead of Pdb when tests fail";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2bebd5a01fdb..bda9da7b9fa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5593,14 +5593,7 @@ in {
 
   ipdb = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipdb { };
 
-  ipdbplugin = buildPythonPackage {
-    name = "ipdbplugin-1.4";
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/i/ipdbplugin/ipdbplugin-1.4.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "4778d78b5d0af1a2a6d341aed9e72eb73b1df6b179e145b4845d3a209137029c";
-    };
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ self.nose self.ipython ];
-  };
+  ipdbplugin = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ipdbplugin { };
 
   pythonIRClib = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "irclib-${version}";