diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gcovr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gcovr/default.nix
index 4788112ebef..e6f45a2b4c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gcovr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gcovr/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, jinja2
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -12,10 +13,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "ca94c337f2d9a70db177ec4330534fad7b2b772beda625c1ec071fbcf1361e22";
   };
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    jinja2
+  ];
+
+  # There are no unit tests in the pypi tarball. Most of the unit tests on the
+  # github repository currently only work with gcc5, so we just disable them.
+  # See also: https://github.com/gcovr/gcovr/issues/206
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A Python script for summarizing gcov data";
     license = licenses.bsd0;
-    homepage = http://gcovr.com/;
+    homepage = https://www.gcovr.com/;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 67a02d3fdcd..c73856f7830 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10383,6 +10383,8 @@ in
 
   gcab = callPackage ../development/libraries/gcab { };
 
+  gcovr = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication gcovr;
+
   gcr = callPackage ../development/libraries/gcr { };
 
   gdl = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdl { };