diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sexpdata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sexpdata/default.nix
index a4152882aa5e..21843752057e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sexpdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sexpdata/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sexpdata";
   version = "1.0.1";
+  format = "pyproject";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     hash = "sha256-b2XxFSkYkMvOXNJpwTvfH4KkzSO8YbbhUKJ1Ee5qfV4=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "sexpdata"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "S-expression parser for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tkf/sexpdata";