diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-oauth-toolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-oauth-toolkit/default.nix
index 65bf5045a035..7905c1c985fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-oauth-toolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-oauth-toolkit/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
 
 # propagates
 , django
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     requests
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pythonRelaxDepsHook ];
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "django"
+  ];
+
   DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = "tests.settings";
 
   checkInputs = [