diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mautrix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mautrix/default.nix
index f1678f3c2f1..d46b505991f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mautrix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mautrix/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # no tests available
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "mautrix" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-python";
     description = "A Python 3 asyncio Matrix framework.";