diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix
index 518f879c916d..92870e2fbc6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap3/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 {
   lib,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   fetchpatch,
   buildPythonPackage,
   dos2unix,
+  setuptools,
   pyasn1,
+  unittestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ldap3";
   version = "2.9.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "f3e7fc4718e3f09dda568b57100095e0ce58633bcabbed8667ce3f8fbaa4229f";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cannatag";
+    repo = "ldap3";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-B+Sb6zMifkSKfaPYrXML5ugHGanbH5CPKeVdHshe3R4=";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''
@@ -33,12 +37,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ dos2unix ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyasn1 ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # requires network
+  dependencies = [ pyasn1 ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ unittestCheckHook ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "test/" ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export SERVER=NONE
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ldap3";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cannatag/ldap3";
     description = "Strictly RFC 4510 conforming LDAP V3 pure Python client library";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     maintainers = [ ];