diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/image-match/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/image-match/default.nix
index 7464f3c8997..ed5179d6db5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/image-match/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/image-match/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
   # tests cannot work without elasticsearch
   doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "image_match" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ascribe/image-match";