diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/pcov/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/pcov/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84fbc4f7a469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/pcov/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ buildPecl, lib, pcre' }:
+
+buildPecl {
+  pname = "pcov";
+
+  version = "1.0.6";
+  sha256 = "1psfwscrc025z8mziq69pcx60k4fbkqa5g2ia8lplb94mmarj0v1";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pcre' ];
+
+  meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 3b8efa0f27d0..7db70aa10542 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -88,16 +88,7 @@ in
 
     oci8 = callPackage ../development/php-packages/oci8 { };
 
-    pcov = buildPecl {
-      version = "1.0.6";
-      pname = "pcov";
-
-      sha256 = "1psfwscrc025z8mziq69pcx60k4fbkqa5g2ia8lplb94mmarj0v1";
-
-      buildInputs = [ pcre' ];
-
-      meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
-    };
+    pcov = callPackage ../development/php-packages/pcov { };
 
     pcs = buildPecl {
       version = "1.3.3";