diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/0.4.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/0.4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..633f04320c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nixpart/0.4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, blivet
+# Propagated to blivet
+, useNixUdev ? null, udevSoMajor ? null
+}:
+
+let
+  blivetOverrides = stdenv.lib.filterAttrs (k: v: v != null) {
+    inherit useNixUdev udevSoMajor;
+  };
+in buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "nixpart-${version}";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/aszlig/nixpart/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0avwd8p47xy9cydlbjxk8pj8q75zyl68gw2w6fnkk78dcb1a3swp";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ (blivet.override blivetOverrides) ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "NixOS storage manager/partitioner";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.aszlig ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2629945d26be..acaad0804eaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ let
 
   # This is used for NixOps to make sure we won't break it with the next major
   # version of nixpart.
-  nixpart0 = self.nixpart;
+  nixpart0 = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/nixpart/0.4.nix { };
 
   pitz = callPackage ../applications/misc/pitz { };