diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydot/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydot/default.nix
index 00e36ec37312..8dccfbc2610d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pydot/default.nix
@@ -4,19 +4,33 @@
 , substituteAll
 , graphviz
 , python
+, pytestCheckHook
 , chardet
+, pythonOlder
 , pyparsing
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pydot";
   version = "1.4.2";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "248081a39bcb56784deb018977e428605c1c758f10897a339fce1dd728ff007d";
   };
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyparsing
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    chardet
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./hardcode-graphviz-path.patch;
@@ -27,21 +41,31 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   postPatch = ''
     # test_graphviz_regression_tests also fails upstream: https://github.com/pydot/pydot/pull/198
     substituteInPlace test/pydot_unittest.py \
-      --replace "test_graphviz_regression_tests" "no_test_graphviz_regression_tests"
+      --replace "test_graphviz_regression_tests" "no_test_graphviz_regression_tests" \
+    # Patch path for pytestCheckHook
+    substituteInPlace test/pydot_unittest.py \
+      --replace "shapefile_dir = os.path.join(test_dir, 'from-past-to-future')" "shapefile_dir = 'test/from-past-to-future'" \
+      --replace "path = os.path.join(test_dir, TESTS_DIR_1)" "path = os.path.join('test/', TESTS_DIR_1)"
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyparsing ];
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    "test/pydot_unittest.py"
+  ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ chardet ];
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_exception_msg"
+    # Hash mismatch
+    "test_my_regression_tests"
+  ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    cd test
-    ${python.interpreter} pydot_unittest.py
-  '';
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pydot"
+  ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Allows to create both directed and non directed graphs from Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/erocarrera/pydot";
-    description = "Allows to easily create both directed and non directed graphs from Python";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }