diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
index 233101728f8..8b64bddc5a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/virtualenv/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, lib
-, stdenv
-, pythonOlder
-, isPy27
 , appdirs
 , contextlib2
+, cython
 , distlib
+, fetchPypi
 , filelock
+, fish
+, flaky
 , importlib-metadata
 , importlib-resources
+, isPy27
+, lib
 , pathlib2
+, pytest-freezegun
+, pytest-mock
+, pytest-timeout
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 , setuptools_scm
 , six
+, stdenv
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -47,10 +54,37 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ./0001-Check-base_prefix-and-base_exec_prefix-for-Python-2.patch
   ];
 
-  meta = {
+  checkInputs = [
+    cython
+    fish
+    flaky
+    pytest-freezegun
+    pytest-mock
+    pytest-timeout
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  # Ignore tests which require network access
+  disabledTestFiles = [
+    "tests/unit/create/test_creator.py"
+    "tests/unit/seed/embed/test_bootstrap_link_via_app_data.py"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_can_build_c_extensions"
+    "test_xonsh" # imports xonsh, which is not in pythonPackages
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "virtualenv" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "A tool to create isolated Python environments";
     homepage = "http://www.virtualenv.org";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ goibhniu ];
   };
 }