diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fuse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fuse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9debce6aecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-fuse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, pkgconfig
+, fetchurl
+, fuse
+, buildPythonPackage
+, isPy3k
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+    baseName = "fuse";
+    version = "0.2.1";
+    name = "${baseName}-${version}";
+    disabled = isPy3k;
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://sourceforge/fuse/fuse-python-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "06rmp1ap6flh64m81j0n3a357ij2vj9zwcvvw0p31y6hz1id9shi";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+    buildInputs = [ fuse ];
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Python bindings for FUSE";
+      license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1e90fb1ae723..2d4604e1a748 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9253,25 +9253,7 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  fuse = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    baseName = "fuse";
-    version = "0.2.1";
-    name = "${baseName}-${version}";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://sourceforge/fuse/fuse-python-${version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "06rmp1ap6flh64m81j0n3a357ij2vj9zwcvvw0p31y6hz1id9shi";
-    };
-
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
-    buildInputs = with self; [ pkgs.fuse ];
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Python bindings for FUSE";
-      license = licenses.lgpl21;
-    };
-  });
+  fuse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-fuse { };
 
   fusepy = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "fusepy-2.0.4";