diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Logbook/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Logbook/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..711f0f5457ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Logbook/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k, pytest, mock, brotli }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "Logbook";
+  version = "1.4.0";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1n8wzm2nc99gbvb44y2fbb59sy3c4awkwfgy4pbwv7z892ykw2iw";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ] ++ lib.optionals (!isPy3k) [ mock ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ brotli ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    find tests -name \*.pyc -delete
+    py.test tests
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://pythonhosted.org/Logbook/;
+    description = "A logging replacement for Python";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 173584311ee9..31d0205ad0e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15382,28 +15382,7 @@ EOF
     };
   };
 
-  Logbook = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "Logbook-${version}";
-    version = "1.0.0";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/L/Logbook/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0whqbx5p0zkf7gmb5ssnsnhm4kn4drd4x7fbhdi8dnxklqajbnl7";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ self.pytest ] ++ optionals (!isPy3k) [ self.mock ];
-
-    checkPhase = ''
-      find tests -name \*.pyc -delete
-      py.test tests
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = https://pythonhosted.org/Logbook/;
-      description = "A logging replacement for Python";
-      license = licenses.bsd3;
-    };
-  };
+  Logbook = callPackage ../development/python-modules/Logbook { };
 
   libversion = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libversion {
     inherit (pkgs) libversion;