diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-compose/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-compose/package.nix
similarity index 62%
rename from pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-compose/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/po/podman-compose/package.nix
index 5288cb5f0855..38dd0d3ef246 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman-compose/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-compose/package.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 {
   lib,
-  buildPythonApplication,
+  python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  python-dotenv,
-  pyyaml,
-  setuptools,
-  pypaBuildHook,
 }:
 
-buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "1.5.0";
   pname = "podman-compose";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -21,14 +17,26 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   build-system = [
-    setuptools
+    python3Packages.setuptools
   ];
 
-  dependencies = [
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     python-dotenv
     pyyaml
   ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pypaBuildHook ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python3Packages.pypaBuildHook ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    parameterized
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    "tests/integration" # requires running podman
+  ];
+
+  # versionCheckHook requires podman executable
 
   meta = {
     description = "Implementation of docker-compose with podman backend";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 39b882f86d58..d30a39f917b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3613,8 +3613,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   po4a = perlPackages.Po4a;
 
-  podman-compose = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/virtualization/podman-compose { };
-
   polaris = callPackage ../servers/polaris { };
 
   polaris-web = callPackage ../servers/polaris/web.nix { };