diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mrsqm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mrsqm/default.nix
index 49afd2593d82..5fc8e9ac6daa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mrsqm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mrsqm/default.nix
@@ -1,47 +1,73 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
   cython,
   fftw,
   pandas,
   scikit-learn,
   numpy,
+  pip,
+  setuptools,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mrsqm";
   version = "0.0.7";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
+
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-kZwgRazvPCmARcfhLByh1E8VPurrb8gVZc96hFfDOvs=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mlgig";
+    repo = "mrsqm";
+    tag = "v.${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-5K6vCU0HExnmYNThZNDCbEtII9bUGauxDtKkJXe/85Q=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ fftw ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cython ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     pandas
     scikit-learn
     numpy
+    pip
   ];
 
-  # Package has no tests
-  doCheck = false;
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "'pytest-runner'" ""
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "numpy==" "numpy>="
+  '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    "tests/mrsqm"
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mrsqm" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "MrSQM (Multiple Representations Sequence Miner) is a time series classifier";
     homepage = "https://pypi.org/project/mrsqm";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mlgig/mrsqm/releases/tag/v.${version}";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mbalatsko ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mbalatsko ];
   };
 }