diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/async-cache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/async-cache/default.nix
index d54fb2d48c7a..b6cdfbf3edc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/async-cache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/async-cache/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  setuptools,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
   pname = "async-cache";
   version = "1.1.1";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "iamsinghrajat";
@@ -15,10 +18,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-AVSdtWPs1c8AE5PNOq+BdXzBXkI0aeFVzxxPl/ATyU0=";
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "cache" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Caching solution for asyncio";
     homepage = "https://github.com/iamsinghrajat/async-cache";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.lukegb ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.lukegb ];
   };
 }