diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mwoauth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mwoauth/default.nix
index 0a73e99391e..8743329917e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mwoauth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mwoauth/default.nix
@@ -17,14 +17,28 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "9e0d70a1fa6f452584de1cb853ae6c11f41233549f7839cfb879f99410f6ad46";
   };
 
-  # package has no tests
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    oauthlib
+    pyjwt
+    requests
+    requests_oauthlib
+    six
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # https://github.com/mediawiki-utilities/python-mwoauth/pull/43
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "PyJWT>=1.0.1,<2.0.0" "PyJWT>=1.0.1"
+  '';
+
+  # PyPI source has no tests included
+  # https://github.com/mediawiki-utilities/python-mwoauth/issues/44
   doCheck = false;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six pyjwt requests oauthlib requests_oauthlib ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mwoauth" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A library designed to provide a simple means to performing an OAuth handshake with a MediaWiki installation with the OAuth Extension installed.";
-    homepage =  "https://github.com/mediawiki-utilities/python-mwoauth";
+    description = "Python library to perform OAuth handshakes with a MediaWiki installation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mediawiki-utilities/python-mwoauth";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ixxie ];
   };