diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rarfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rarfile/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7231da9d3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rarfile/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, pytest, nose, unrar, glibcLocales }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "rarfile-${version}";
+  version = "3.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "markokr";
+    repo = "rarfile";
+    rev = "rarfile_3_0";
+    sha256 = "07yliz6p1bxzhipnrgz133gl8laic35gl4rqfay7f1vc384ch7sn";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ pytest nose glibcLocales ];
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace rarfile.py \
+      --replace 'UNRAR_TOOL = "unrar"' "UNRAR_TOOL = \"${unrar}/bin/unrar\""
+  '';
+  LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test test -k "not test_printdir"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "RAR archive reader for Python";
+    homepage = https://github.com/markokr/rarfile;
+    license = licenses.isc;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 96b5db7ee04..50587c0004c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2619,19 +2619,7 @@ in {
 
   };
 
-  rarfile = self.buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "rarfile-2.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/r/rarfile/rarfile-2.6.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "326700c5450cfb367f612e918866ea27551bac02f4656f340003c88873fa1a56";
-    };
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "rarfile - RAR archive reader for Python";
-      homepage = https://github.com/markokr/rarfile;
-    };
-  };
+  rarfile = callPackage ../development/python-modules/rarfile {};
 
   proboscis = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "proboscis-1.2.6.0";