diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix
index 96ba66869055..725fb9ab9f93 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pdfminer_six/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
-  # No tests in PyPi Tarball
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pdfminer";
     repo = "pdfminer.six";
@@ -16,6 +15,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ chardet cryptography sortedcontainers ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    for file in $out/bin/*.py; do
+      ln $file ''${file//.py/}
+    done
+  '';
+
   checkInputs = [ nose ];
   checkPhase = ''
     nosetests