diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon-mail/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon-mail/default.nix
index 19ddbca4d03..7b06c2277cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon-mail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/salmon-mail/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   checkInputs = [ nose jinja2 mock ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ chardet dnspython lmtpd pythondaemon six ];
 
+  # The tests use salmon executable installed by salmon itself so we need to add
+  # that to PATH
+  checkPhase = ''
+    PATH=$out/bin:$PATH nosetests .
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://salmon-mail.readthedocs.org/;
     description = "Pythonic mail application server";