diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dataclasses-json/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dataclasses-json/default.nix
index 36430a29ef0f..4a2a410c4ad5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dataclasses-json/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dataclasses-json/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , stringcase
 , typing-inspect
 , marshmallow-enum
+, hypothesis
+, mypy
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dataclasses-json";
   version = "0.5.2";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "56ec931959ede74b5dedf65cf20772e6a79764d20c404794cce0111c88c085ff";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lidatong";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1gcnm41rwg0jvq4vhr57vv9hyasws425zl8h4p05x2nzq86l0w1n";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -21,6 +26,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     marshmallow-enum
   ];
 
+  checkInputs = [
+    hypothesis
+    mypy
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # AssertionError: Type annotations check failed
+    "test_type_hints"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "dataclasses_json" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Simple API for encoding and decoding dataclasses to and from JSON";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lidatong/dataclasses-json";