diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrayqueues/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrayqueues/default.nix
index d9fb2c9bdc93..4d7e03fd6913 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrayqueues/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/arrayqueues/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   numpy,
+  pytestCheckHook,
   setuptools,
 }:
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   dependencies = [ numpy ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "arrayqueues" ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/portugueslab/arrayqueues";
     description = "Multiprocessing queues for numpy arrays using shared memory";