diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-minify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-minify/default.nix
index 0beeb5164160..ee6765d31751 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-minify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-minify/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 { lib
 , callPackage
-, buildPythonApplication
+, buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , mkdocs
 , csscompressor
 , htmlmin
 , jsmin
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
-buildPythonApplication rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mkdocs-minify";
   version = "0.5.0";
 
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     mkdocs
   ];
 
+  checkInputs = [
+    mkdocs
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mkdocs" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {