diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/paramz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/paramz/default.nix
index 5fe452d2047f..10e3cef7a69a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/paramz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/paramz/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, numpy, scipy, six, decorator, nose }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchpatch, fetchPypi, numpy, scipy, six, decorator, nose }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "paramz";
@@ -9,10 +9,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0917211c0f083f344e7f1bc997e0d713dbc147b6380bc19f606119394f820b9a";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "remove-deprecated-numpy-uses";
+      url = "https://github.com/sods/paramz/pull/38/commits/a5a0be15b12c5864b438d870b519ad17cc72cd12.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-vj/amEXL9QJ7VdqJmyhv/lj8n+yuiZEARQBYWw6lgBA=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy scipy six decorator ];
   nativeCheckInputs = [ nose ];
 
-  # Ran 113 tests in 3.082s
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "paramz" ];
+
   checkPhase = ''
       nosetests -v paramz/tests
   '';