diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencensus-context/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencensus-context/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..692b2c307913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencensus-context/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lib
+, unittestCheckHook
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "opencensus-context";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-oDEIw8ENjIC7Xd9cih8DMWH6YZcqmRf5ubOhhRfwCIw=";
+  };
+
+  pythonNamespaces = [
+    "opencensus.common"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = false; # No tests in archive
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "OpenCensus Runtime Context";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-python/tree/master/context/opencensus-context";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ billhuang ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencensus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencensus/default.nix
index 0690da3d7ba9..7cf85104b61b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencensus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencensus/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,11 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , lib
-, python
 , unittestCheckHook
 , google-api-core
+, opencensus-context
 }:
 
-let
-  opencensus-context = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    pname = "opencensus-context";
-    version = "0.1.3";
-
-    checkInputs = [ unittestCheckHook ];
-
-    src = fetchPypi {
-      inherit pname version;
-      sha256 = "sha256-oDEIw8ENjIC7Xd9cih8DMWH6YZcqmRf5ubOhhRfwCIw=";
-    };
-  };
-in
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "opencensus";
   version = "0.11.0";
@@ -28,23 +15,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-AmIWq6uJ2U2FBJLz3GWVAFXsT4QRX6bHvq/7pEo0bkI=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    # opencensus-context is embedded in opencensus
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    google-api-core
     opencensus-context
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    google-api-core
+  pythonNamespaces = [
+    "opencensus.common"
   ];
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    ln -sf ${opencensus-context}/${python.sitePackages}/opencensus/common/runtime_context \
-      $out/${python.sitePackages}/opencensus/common/
-  '';
+  doCheck = false; # No tests in sdist
 
-  checkInputs = [ unittestCheckHook ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "opencensus" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "opencensus.common"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A stats collection and distributed tracing framework";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index f3dfd0b71e3b..e66ba66a5daf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6457,6 +6457,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   opencensus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opencensus { };
 
+  opencensus-context = callPackage ../development/python-modules/opencensus-context { };
+
   opencv3 = toPythonModule (pkgs.opencv3.override {
     enablePython = true;
     pythonPackages = self;