diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
index ae8867b3ddd..91933c5f95e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, intervaltree, pyflakes, requests, lxml }:
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, intervaltree, pyflakes, requests, lxml, google-i18n-address
+, pycountry, html5lib, six
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "xml2rfc";
@@ -9,7 +11,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "64609a2194d18c03e2348f1ea2fb97208b3455dfb76a16900143813aa61b6d3c";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ intervaltree pyflakes requests lxml ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    intervaltree
+    pyflakes
+    requests
+    lxml
+    google-i18n-address
+    pycountry
+    html5lib
+    six
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool generating IETF RFCs and drafts from XML sources";