diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydicom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydicom/default.nix
index fe473e4f0c57..0a8ca2dcf87c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydicom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydicom/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
   # optional/test dependencies
   gdcm,
   pillow,
+  pydicom,
   pyjpegls,
+  pylibjpeg,
   pylibjpeg-libjpeg,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
@@ -46,11 +48,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pixeldata = [
       pillow
       pyjpegls
-      #pylibjpeg.optional-dependencies.openjpeg # infinite recursion
-      #pylibjpeg.optional-dependencies.rle # infinite recursion
+      pylibjpeg
       pylibjpeg-libjpeg
       gdcm
-    ];
+    ]
+    ++ pylibjpeg.optional-dependencies.openjpeg
+    ++ pylibjpeg.optional-dependencies.rle;
   };
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
@@ -61,6 +64,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   passthru.pydicom-data = test_data;
 
+  doCheck = false; # circular dependency
+
+  passthru.tests.pytest = pydicom.overridePythonAttrs {
+    doCheck = true;
+  };
+
   # Setting $HOME to prevent pytest to try to create a folder inside
   # /homeless-shelter which is read-only.
   # Linking pydicom-data dicom files to $HOME/.pydicom/data