diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/peppercorn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/peppercorn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a07fc217a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/peppercorn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "peppercorn";
+  version = "0.5";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "921cba5d51fa211e6da0fbd2120b9a98d663422a80f5bb669ad81ffb0909774b";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A library for converting a token stream into a data structure for use in web form posts";
+    homepage = https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/peppercorn/en/latest/;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index fb4ad725a97f..ba74e4708660 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2023,19 +2023,7 @@ in {
 
   path-and-address = callPackage ../development/python-modules/path-and-address { };
 
-  peppercorn = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "peppercorn-0.5";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/p/peppercorn/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "921cba5d51fa211e6da0fbd2120b9a98d663422a80f5bb669ad81ffb0909774b";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas domenkozar ];
-      platforms = platforms.all;
-    };
-  };
+  peppercorn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/peppercorn { };
 
   pex = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "pex-${version}";