diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/meerk40t/camera.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/meerk40t/camera.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d262488a67e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/meerk40t/camera.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, python3
+}:
+
+let
+  inherit (python3.pkgs) buildPythonPackage fetchPypi;
+in
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "meerk40t-camera";
+  version = "0.1.9";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = python3.pkgs.fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    hash = "sha256-uGCBHdgWoorVX2XqMCg0YBweb00sQ9ZSbJe8rlGeovs=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/meerk40t/d' setup.py
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    opencv4
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "camera"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "MeerK40t camera plugin";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/meerk40t/meerk40t-camera";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/meerk40t/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/meerk40t/default.nix
index 28a136c9a257..354c68926936 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/meerk40t/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/meerk40t/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, meerk40t-camera
 , python3
 , gtk3
 , wrapGAppsHook
@@ -7,38 +8,6 @@
 
 let
   inherit (python3.pkgs) buildPythonApplication buildPythonPackage fetchPypi;
-
-  meerk40t-camera = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "meerk40t-camera";
-    version = "0.1.9";
-    format = "setuptools";
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      hash = "sha256-uGCBHdgWoorVX2XqMCg0YBweb00sQ9ZSbJe8rlGeovs=";
-    };
-
-    postPatch = ''
-      sed -i '/meerk40t/d' setup.py
-    '';
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-      opencv4
-    ];
-
-    pythonImportsCheck = [
-      "camera"
-    ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = with lib; {
-      description = "MeerK40t camera plugin";
-      license = licenses.mit;
-      homepage = "https://github.com/meerk40t/meerk40t-camera";
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ hexa ];
-    };
-  };
 in
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "MeerK40t";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 896fb0a5e258..fb1c702a30d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29289,6 +29289,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   meerk40t = callPackage ../applications/misc/meerk40t { };
 
+  meerk40t-camera = callPackage ../applications/misc/meerk40t/camera.nix { };
+
   musikcube = callPackage ../applications/audio/musikcube {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa SystemConfiguration;
   };