diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
index ba9a684f5d9..c5dfbd48fe1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint-django/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 # pythonPackages
 , django
 , pylint-plugin-utils
+
+# pythonPackages for checkInputs
+, coverage
+, factory_boy
+, pytest
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -25,8 +30,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pylint-plugin-utils
   ];
 
-  # Testing requires checkout from other repositories
-  doCheck = false;
+  checkInputs = [ coverage factory_boy pytest ];
+
+  # Check command taken from scripts/test.sh
+  # Skip test external_django_tables2_noerror_meta_class:
+  # requires an unpackaged django_tables2
+  checkPhase = ''
+      python pylint_django/tests/test_func.py -v -k "not tables2"
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A Pylint plugin to analyze Django applications";