diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
index 7c8a374a8d2a..9acd9245174a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,37 @@
 { lib
 , python
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pycares
-, pycurl
-, twisted
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "tornado";
-  version = "6.2";
+  version = "6.2.0";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-m2MEGb3oTsZmv9fqCkyyqKZRwtXMzb3RlyoMhZ38PBM=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tornadoweb";
+    repo = "tornado";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-IV0QN3GqoclFo9kWJVc21arypmBkvUClo86Zmt/Gv6E=";
   };
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pycares
-    pycurl
-    twisted
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # additional tests that have extra dependencies, run slowly, or produce more output than a simple pass/fail
+    # https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/blob/v6.2.0/maint/test/README
+    "maint/test"
+
+    # AttributeError: 'TestIOStreamWebMixin' object has no attribute 'io_loop'
+    "tornado/test/iostream_test.py"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Exception: did not get expected log message
+    "test_unix_socket_bad_request"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "tornado" ];