diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix
index aa59c370d2e..965e6f0ec34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/2_5.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , fetchpatch
 , docutils
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -25,8 +26,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
 
-  # Circular dependency with sphinx
-  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://pygments.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/default.nix
index a879aef0226..48d74fddd43 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Pygments/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , docutils
+, pytestCheckHook
+, doCheck ? true
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -15,8 +17,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ docutils ];
 
-  # Circular dependency with sphinx
-  doCheck = false;
+  inherit doCheck;
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://pygments.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e07e701f4c7..3821c443c45 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6417,18 +6417,24 @@ in {
 
   pytest_5 = callPackage
     ../development/python-modules/pytest/5.nix {
-      # hypothesis tests require pytest that causes dependency cycle
+      # hypothesis & pygments tests require pytest that causes dependency cycle
       hypothesis = self.hypothesis.override {
         doCheck = false;
       };
+      pygments = self.pygments.override {
+        doCheck = false;
+      };
     };
 
   pytest_6 =
     callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest {
-      # hypothesis tests require pytest that causes dependency cycle
+      # hypothesis & pygments tests require pytest that causes dependency cycle
       hypothesis = self.hypothesis.override {
         doCheck = false;
       };
+      pygments = self.pygments.override {
+        doCheck = false;
+      };
     };
 
   pytest_6_1 = self.pytest_6.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {