diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikitlearn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikitlearn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ac787bc82b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikitlearn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchpatch, fetchPypi, python
+, nose, pillow
+, gfortran, glibcLocales
+, numpy, scipy
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "scikit-learn";
+  version = "0.18.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  disabled = stdenv.isi686;  # https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/5534
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1eddfc27bb37597a5d514de1299981758e660e0af56981c0bfdf462c9568a60c";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # python 3.6 test fixes (will be part of 0.18.2)
+    (fetchpatch {
+       url = https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/pull/8123/commits/b77f28a7163cb4909da1b310f1fb741bee3cabfe.patch;
+       sha256 = "1rp6kr6hiabb6s0vh7mkgr10qwrqlq3z1fhpi0s011hg434ckh19";
+     })
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ nose pillow gfortran glibcLocales ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy scipy numpy.blas ];
+
+  LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    HOME=$TMPDIR OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 nosetests $out/${python.sitePackages}/sklearn/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A set of python modules for machine learning and data mining";
+    homepage = http://scikit-learn.org;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 595894ad5055..238e4ec6d0c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -22177,32 +22177,8 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-
-  scikitlearn = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "scikit-learn-${version}";
-    version = "0.18.1";
-    disabled = stdenv.isi686;  # https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/5534
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/s/scikit-learn/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1eddfc27bb37597a5d514de1299981758e660e0af56981c0bfdf462c9568a60c";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = with self; [ nose pillow pkgs.gfortran pkgs.glibcLocales ];
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ numpy scipy numpy.blas ];
-
-    LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      HOME=$TMPDIR OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 nosetests $out/${python.sitePackages}/sklearn/
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A set of python modules for machine learning and data mining";
-      homepage = http://scikit-learn.org;
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ fridh ];
-    };
+  scikitlearn = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scikitlearn {
+    inherit (pkgs) gfortran glibcLocales;
   };
 
   scripttest = buildPythonPackage rec {