diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/furl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/furl/default.nix
index 72089da11e1..da52bfb8fbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/furl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/furl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, flake8, six, orderedmultidict, pytest }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
+, flake8
+, orderedmultidict
+, pytestCheckHook
+, six
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "furl";
@@ -9,17 +17,33 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "08dnw3bs1mk0f1ccn466a5a7fi1ivwrp0jspav9arqpf3wd27q60";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ flake8 pytest ];
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "tests_overcome_bpo42967.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/gruns/furl/files/6030371/tests_overcome_bpo42967.patch.txt";
+      sha256 = "1l0lxmcp9x73kxy0ky2bh7zxa4n1cf1qxyyax97n90d1s3dc7k2q";
+    })
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six orderedmultidict ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    orderedmultidict
+    six
+  ];
 
-  # see https://github.com/gruns/furl/issues/121
-  checkPhase = ''
-    pytest -k 'not join'
-  '';
+  checkInputs = [
+    flake8
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+     # see https://github.com/gruns/furl/issues/121
+    "join"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "furl" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "furl is a small Python library that makes parsing and manipulating URLs easy";
+    description = "Python library that makes parsing and manipulating URLs easy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/gruns/furl";
     license = licenses.unlicense;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vanzef ];