diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotlicffi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotlicffi/default.nix
index 53c0280b56b3..c909672dabea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotlicffi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/brotlicffi/default.nix
@@ -4,35 +4,48 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   pythonOlder,
   cffi,
+  # overriden as pkgs.brotli
   brotli,
+  setuptools,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  hypothesis,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "brotlicffi";
   version = "1.1.0.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "python-hyper";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "brotlicffi";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-oW4y1WBJ7+4XwNwwSSR0qUqN03cZYXUYQ6EAwce9dzI=";
   };
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   buildInputs = [ brotli ];
 
   propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
+  dependencies = [ cffi ];
 
   preBuild = ''
     export USE_SHARED_BROTLI=1
   '';
 
-  # Test data is not available, only when using libbrotli git checkout
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    hypothesis
+  ];
+
+  # Test data is only available from libbrotli git checkout, not brotli.src
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "test/" ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "brotlicffi" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {