diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ad026a8255a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/djangorestframework/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl, django }:
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "djangorestframework-${version}";
+  version = "3.5.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://pypi/d/djangorestframework/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1rays9d8jxqng13fv18ldf11y44w0ln6vvj2k8m4sd9gw9da75gr";
+  };
+
+  # Test settings are missing
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Web APIs for Django, made easy";
+    homepage = http://www.django-rest-framework.org/;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6a51e40d1233..461806f73d02 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -10617,26 +10617,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  djangorestframework = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "djangorestframework-${version}";
-    version = "3.2.3";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/d/djangorestframework/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "06kp4hg3y4bqy2ixlb1q6bw81gwgsb86l4lanbav7bp1grrbbnj1";
-    };
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ django ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Web APIs for Django, made easy";
-      homepage = http://www.django-rest-framework.org/;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ desiderius ];
-      license = licenses.bsd2;
-    };
-  };
+  djangorestframework = callPackage ../development/python-modules/djangorestframework { };
 
   django_raster = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "django-raster-${version}";