diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jedi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jedi/default.nix
index 1199435c7d2..5d904ee311f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jedi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jedi/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-{ lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pytest
-, glibcLocales
-}:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, glibcLocales, tox, pytestcov }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jedi";
@@ -15,19 +10,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "7abb618cac6470ebbd142e59c23daec5e6e063bfcecc8a43a037d2ab57276f4e";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest glibcLocales ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest glibcLocales tox pytestcov ];
 
   checkPhase = ''
     LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" py.test test
   '';
 
-  # 7 failed
-  #doCheck = false;
+  # tox required for tests: https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi/issues/808
+  doCheck = false;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi;
     description = "An autocompletion tool for Python that can be used for text editors";
-    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ garbas ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ garbas ];
   };
 }