diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-pasta/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-pasta/default.nix
index d9692217a520..f252434b319e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-pasta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-pasta/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  setuptools,
   six,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "google-pasta";
   version = "0.2.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0vm1r1jlaiagj0l9yf7j6zn9w3733dr2169911c0svgrr3gwiwn9";
+    hash = "sha256-yfLI38j5bQ1YCCmZIHIb4wye7DfyOJ8okE9FRWXIoW4=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -20,12 +22,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       --replace-fail assertRaisesRegexp assertRaisesRegex
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ six ];
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ six ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pasta" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "AST-based Python refactoring library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/google/pasta";
-    # Usually the tag message contains a one-line summary of the changes.
     changelog = "https://github.com/google/pasta/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ timokau ];