diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenvwrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenvwrapper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bf1778b9d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenvwrapper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pbr
+, pip
+, pkgs
+, stevedore
+, virtualenv
+, virtualenv-clone
+, python
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "virtualenvwrapper";
+  version = "4.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "514cbc22218347bf7b54bdbe49e1a5f550d2d53b1ad2491c10e91ddf48fb528f";
+  };
+
+  # pip depend on $HOME setting
+  preConfigure = "export HOME=$TMPDIR";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pbr pip pkgs.which ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ stevedore virtualenv virtualenv-clone ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    for file in "virtualenvwrapper.sh" "virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh"; do
+      substituteInPlace "$file" --replace "which" "${pkgs.which}/bin/which"
+
+      # We can't set PYTHONPATH in a normal way (like exporting in a wrapper
+      # script) because the user has to evaluate the script and we don't want
+      # modify the global PYTHONPATH which would affect the user's
+      # environment.
+      # Furthermore it isn't possible to just use VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON
+      # for this workaround, because this variable is well quoted inside the
+      # shell script.
+      # (the trailing " -" is required to only replace things like these one:
+      # "$VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON" -c "import os,[...] and not in
+      # if-statements or anything like that.
+      # ...and yes, this "patch" is hacky :)
+      substituteInPlace "$file" --replace '"$VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON" -' 'env PYTHONPATH="$VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHONPATH" "$VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON" -'
+    done
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # This might look like a dirty hack but we can't use the makeWrapper function because
+    # the wrapped file were then called via "exec". The virtualenvwrapper shell scripts
+    # aren't normal executables. Instead, the user has to evaluate them.
+
+    for file in "virtualenvwrapper.sh" "virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh"; do
+      local wrapper="$out/bin/$file"
+      local wrapped="$out/bin/.$file-wrapped"
+      mv "$wrapper" "$wrapped"
+
+      # WARNING: Don't indent the lines below because that would break EOF
+      cat > "$wrapper" << EOF
+export PATH="${python}/bin:\$PATH"
+export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$(toPythonPath $out)"
+source "$wrapped"
+EOF
+
+      chmod -x "$wrapped"
+      chmod +x "$wrapper"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Enhancements to virtualenv";
+    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenvwrapper";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 72820917895a..8702d880f0d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4089,71 +4089,7 @@ in {
 
   virtualenv-clone = callPackage ../development/python-modules/virtualenv-clone { };
 
-  virtualenvwrapper = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "virtualenvwrapper-4.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/v/virtualenvwrapper/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "514cbc22218347bf7b54bdbe49e1a5f550d2d53b1ad2491c10e91ddf48fb528f";
-    };
-
-    # pip depend on $HOME setting
-    preConfigure = "export HOME=$TMPDIR";
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pbr pip pkgs.which ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      stevedore
-      virtualenv
-      virtualenv-clone
-    ];
-
-    postPatch = ''
-      for file in "virtualenvwrapper.sh" "virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh"; do
-        substituteInPlace "$file" --replace "which" "${pkgs.which}/bin/which"
-
-        # We can't set PYTHONPATH in a normal way (like exporting in a wrapper
-        # script) because the user has to evaluate the script and we don't want
-        # modify the global PYTHONPATH which would affect the user's
-        # environment.
-        # Furthermore it isn't possible to just use VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON
-        # for this workaround, because this variable is well quoted inside the
-        # shell script.
-        # (the trailing " -" is required to only replace things like these one:
-        # "$VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON" -c "import os,[...] and not in
-        # if-statements or anything like that.
-        # ...and yes, this "patch" is hacky :)
-        substituteInPlace "$file" --replace '"$VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON" -' 'env PYTHONPATH="$VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHONPATH" "$VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON" -'
-      done
-    '';
-
-    postInstall = ''
-      # This might look like a dirty hack but we can't use the makeWrapper function because
-      # the wrapped file were then called via "exec". The virtualenvwrapper shell scripts
-      # aren't normal executables. Instead, the user has to evaluate them.
-
-      for file in "virtualenvwrapper.sh" "virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh"; do
-        local wrapper="$out/bin/$file"
-        local wrapped="$out/bin/.$file-wrapped"
-        mv "$wrapper" "$wrapped"
-
-        # WARNING: Don't indent the lines below because that would break EOF
-        cat > "$wrapper" << EOF
-export PATH="${python}/bin:\$PATH"
-export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$(toPythonPath $out)"
-source "$wrapped"
-EOF
-
-        chmod -x "$wrapped"
-        chmod +x "$wrapper"
-      done
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Enhancements to virtualenv";
-      homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenvwrapper";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  });
+  virtualenvwrapper = callPackage ../development/python-modules/virtualenvwrapper { };
 
   vmprof = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.3.3";