diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/prawcore/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/prawcore/default.nix
index 282e8bac069..f16937692c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/prawcore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/prawcore/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
 , requests
 , testfixtures, mock, requests_toolbelt
-, betamax, betamax-serializers, betamax-matchers
+, betamax, betamax-serializers, betamax-matchers, pytest
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     betamax-serializers
     betamax-matchers
     requests_toolbelt
+    pytest
   ];
 
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Low-level communication layer for PRAW";
     homepage = https://praw.readthedocs.org/;