diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zxing-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zxing-cpp/default.nix
index 02ff95588d70..dbdc4c50effd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/zxing-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/zxing-cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,53 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , cmake
+, setuptools-scm
 , numpy
 , pillow
 , pybind11
 , libzxing-cpp
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "zxing-cpp";
   inherit (libzxing-cpp) src version meta;
+  pyproject = true;
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/wrappers/python";
 
+  # we don't need pybind11 in the root environment
+  # https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing.html#include-with-pypi
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace "pybind11[global]" "pybind11"
+  '';
+
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    pybind11
     numpy
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = [
+    pybind11
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
+    setuptools-scm
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pillow
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    "test.py"
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "zxingcpp"
   ];
 }