diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cornice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cornice/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc7c9c334d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cornice/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyramid
+, simplejson
+, six
+, venusian
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "cornice";
+  version = "3.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "a7f8db903ba06c2584c7db4474459de3565d90b5e4ae4b97c687840e11d5b7fd";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyramid simplejson six venusian ];
+
+  # tests not packaged with pypi release
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/mozilla-services/cornice;
+    description = "Build Web Services with Pyramid";
+    license = licenses.mpl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8bb4ef2f76c3..7ef02f63bcb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1098,19 +1098,7 @@ in {
 
   constantly = callPackage ../development/python-modules/constantly { };
 
-  cornice = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "cornice-${version}";
-    version = "1.2.1";
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = https://github.com/mozilla-services/cornice.git;
-      rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-      sha256 = "0688vrkl324jmpi8jkjh1s8nsyjinw149g3x8qlis8vz6j6a01wv";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ pyramid simplejson ];
-
-    doCheck = false; # lazy packager
-  };
+  cornice = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cornice { };
 
   cram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cram { };