diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
index 93dde1f02297..679cde8b5037 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/rednotebook/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub
 , gdk-pixbuf, glib, gobject-introspection, gtk3, gtksourceview, pango, webkitgtk
-, pygobject3, pyyaml
+, pygobject3, pyyaml, setuptools
 }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "rednotebook";
   version = "2.35";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jendrikseipp";
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gobject-introspection ];
 
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     gdk-pixbuf glib gtk3 gtksourceview pango webkitgtk
     pygobject3 pyyaml
@@ -30,6 +33,8 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     "--suffix XDG_DATA_DIRS : $XDG_ICON_DIRS:$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH"
   ];
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rednotebook" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://rednotebook.sourceforge.io/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/jendrikseipp/rednotebook/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";