diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix
index 77ada95b301..150234a3dd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, pytest }:
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, pytest, hypothesis, eth-utils }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rlp";
@@ -9,8 +9,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "040fb5172fa23d27953a886c40cac989fc031d0629db934b5a9edcd2fb28df1e";
   };
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest hypothesis ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ eth-utils ];
+
+  # setuptools-markdown uses pypandoc which is broken at the moment
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace \'setuptools-markdown\' ""
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "long_description_markdown_filename='README.md'," ""
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest .
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "A package for encoding and decoding data in and from Recursive Length Prefix notation";