diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
index 4501eafe7bd..98ba0b5c688 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , python
 , buildPythonPackage
 , gfortran
+, hypothesis
 , pytest
 , blas
 , lapack
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   doCheck = !isPyPy; # numpy 1.16+ hits a bug in pypy's ctypes, using either numpy or pypy HEAD fixes this (https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/13807)
 
+  checkInputs = [ hypothesis ];
+
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
     pushd dist