diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awslogs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awslogs/default.nix
index 5b61e4828ef..2f60e414d74 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awslogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awslogs/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,51 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python3
+}:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "awslogs";
   version = "0.14.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jorgebastida";
-    repo = "awslogs";
+    repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1gyry8b64psvmjcb2lb3yilpa7b17yllga06svls4hi69arvrd8f";
+    sha256 = "sha256-DrW8s0omQqLp1gaoR6k/YR11afRjUbGYrFtfYhby2b8=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
-    boto3 termcolor python-dateutil docutils setuptools jmespath
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    boto3
+    termcolor
+    python-dateutil
+    docutils
+    setuptools
+    jmespath
   ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ python3Packages.pytestCheckHook ];
+  checkInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0" "jmespath>=0.7.1"
+  '';
+
   disabledTests = [
     "test_main_get_query"
     "test_main_get_with_color"
   ];
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "awslogs"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jorgebastida/awslogs";
     description = "AWS CloudWatch logs for Humans";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dbrock ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jorgebastida/awslogs";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dbrock ];
   };
 }