diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/mailparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/mailparse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ec6f77df45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/mailparse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ buildPecl, lib, php }:
+
+buildPecl {
+  pname = "mailparse";
+
+  version = "3.0.3";
+  sha256 = "00nk14jbdbln93mx3ag691avc11ff94hkadrcv5pn51c6ihsxbmz";
+
+  internalDeps = [ php.extensions.mbstring ];
+  postConfigure = ''
+    echo "#define HAVE_MBSTRING 1" >> config.h
+  '';
+
+  meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 7656ffe7deb3..584a114c02fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -78,18 +78,7 @@ in
 
     imagick = callPackage ../development/php-packages/imagick { };
 
-    mailparse = buildPecl {
-      version = "3.0.3";
-      pname = "mailparse";
-      sha256 = "00nk14jbdbln93mx3ag691avc11ff94hkadrcv5pn51c6ihsxbmz";
-
-      internalDeps = [ php.extensions.mbstring ];
-      postConfigure = ''
-        echo "#define HAVE_MBSTRING 1" >> config.h
-      '';
-
-      meta.maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
-    };
+    mailparse = callPackage ../development/php-packages/mailparse { };
 
     maxminddb = buildPecl rec {
       pname = "maxminddb";