diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mimeparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mimeparse/default.nix
index ccc8dc78f44..ab91a5d5e2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mimeparse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mimeparse/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -12,8 +13,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "76e4b03d700a641fd7761d3cd4fdbbdcd787eade1ebfac43f877016328334f78";
   };
 
-  # error: invalid command 'test'
-  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A module provides basic functions for parsing mime-type names and matching them against a list of media-ranges";