diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nilearn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nilearn/default.nix
index a379f236f3f..4a92ec7109d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nilearn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nilearn/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, nose
 , nibabel, numpy, pandas, scikitlearn, scipy, matplotlib, joblib }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytest nilearn/tests -k 'not test_cache_mixin_with_expand_user'  # accesses ~/
   '';
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest nose ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     joblib