diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/jrnl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/jrnl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc8b8043b94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/jrnl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, python
+}:
+
+with python.pkgs;
+
+buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "jrnl";
+  version = "1.9.8";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  disabled = isPy3k;
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "d254c9c8f24dcf985b98a1d5311337c7f416e6305107eec34c567f58c95b06f4";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pytz six tzlocal keyring argparse dateutil_1_5
+    parsedatetime pycrypto
+  ];
+
+  # No tests in archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://maebert.github.io/jrnl/;
+    description = "A simple command line journal application that stores your journal in a plain text file";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zalakain ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 417c45b73d95..d25400b00017 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2732,6 +2732,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   jo = callPackage ../development/tools/jo { };
 
+  jrnl = callPackage ../applications/misc/jrnl { };
+
   jscoverage = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/jscoverage { };
 
   jsduck = callPackage ../development/tools/jsduck { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 46014eee0c37..97265230beb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11503,27 +11503,6 @@ in {
     inherit (self) systemd pytest;
   };
 
-  jrnl = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "jrnl-1.9.7";
-    disabled = isPy3k;
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/j/jrnl/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "af599a863ac298533685a7236fb86307eebc00a38eb8bb96f4f67b5d83227ec8";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [
-      pytz six tzlocal keyring argparse dateutil_1_5
-      parsedatetime
-    ];
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://maebert.github.io/jrnl/;
-      description = "A simple command line journal application that stores your journal in a plain text file";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
-
   jsonnet = buildPythonPackage {
     inherit (pkgs.jsonnet) name src;
   };