diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack/default.nix
index 3feeca74ccd..805d347389c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msgpack/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, pytest
-, lib
+, pytestCheckHook
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -13,17 +14,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "51fdc7fb93615286428ee7758cecc2f374d5ff363bdd884c7ea622a7a327a81e";
   };
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    py.test
-  '';
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib;  {
     homepage = "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-python";
     description = "MessagePack serializer implementation for Python";
     changelog = "https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-python/blob/master/ChangeLog.rst";
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    # maintainers =  ?? ;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
   };
 }