diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vodozemac/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vodozemac/default.nix
index c66213e8e731..d50225b6f73b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vodozemac/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vodozemac/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  hypothesis,
   lib,
+  pytestCheckHook,
   rustPlatform,
 }:
 
@@ -27,6 +29,16 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
   ];
 
+  preCheck = ''
+    # do not shadow imports
+    rm -r vodozemac
+  '';
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    hypothesis
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Python bindings for vodozemac";
     homepage = "https://github.com/matrix-nio/vodozemac-python";