diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/monotonic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/monotonic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b736301e5efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/monotonic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "monotonic";
+  version = "1.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "06vw7jwq96106plhlc5vz1v1xvjismdgw9wjyzvzf0ylglnrwiib";
+  };
+
+  __propagatedImpureHostDeps = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "/usr/lib/libc.dylib";
+
+  patchPhase = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+    substituteInPlace monotonic.py --replace \
+      "ctypes.util.find_library('c')" "'${stdenv.glibc.out}/lib/libc.so.6'"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An implementation of time.monotonic() for Python 2 & < 3.3";
+    homepage = https://github.com/atdt/monotonic;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0540d07f035e..2a0fcce1f9c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2891,23 +2891,7 @@ in {
 
   monosat = disabledIf (!isPy3k) (pkgs.monosat.python { inherit buildPythonPackage; inherit (self) cython; });
 
-  monotonic = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "monotonic";
-    version = "1.3";
-    name = "${pname}-${version}";
-
-    __propagatedImpureHostDeps = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "/usr/lib/libc.dylib";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "06vw7jwq96106plhlc5vz1v1xvjismdgw9wjyzvzf0ylglnrwiib";
-    };
-
-    patchPhase = optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-      substituteInPlace monotonic.py --replace \
-        "ctypes.util.find_library('c')" "'${stdenv.glibc.out}/lib/libc.so.6'"
-    '';
-  };
+  monotonic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monotonic { };
 
   MySQL_python = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "MySQL-python-1.2.5";