diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulsar-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulsar-client/default.nix
index 84407f37b1c3..c840a160b370 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulsar-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulsar-client/default.nix
@@ -2,18 +2,40 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
+
+  # build
+  setuptools,
   cmake,
   pkg-config,
+
+  # dependencies
   libpulsar,
   pybind11,
   certifi,
+
+  # optional dependencies
+  fastavro,
+  grpcio,
+  prometheus-client,
+  protobuf,
+  ratelimit,
+
+  # test
+  unittestCheckHook,
 }:
 
+let
+  functionDependencies = [
+    grpcio
+    prometheus-client
+    protobuf
+    ratelimit
+  ];
+in
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "pulsar";
+  pname = "pulsar-client";
   version = "3.6.1";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "apache";
@@ -22,7 +44,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-KdPLp0BmZnobU4F6tuMj2DY/ya4QHeGcM/eEAivoXNI=";
   };
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+  build-system = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
@@ -40,18 +64,37 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     cd ..
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ certifi ];
+  dependencies = [ certifi ];
 
-  # Requires to setup a cluster
-  doCheck = false;
+  pythonRemoveDeps = [
+    # not avalilable in nixpkgs
+    "apache-bookkeeper-client"
+  ];
+
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    functions = functionDependencies;
+    avro = [ fastavro ];
+    all = functionDependencies ++ [ fastavro ];
+  };
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    unittestCheckHook
+  ] ++ lib.flatten (lib.attrValues (lib.filterAttrs (n: v: n != "all") optional-dependencies));
+
+  unittestFlagsArray = [
+    "-s"
+    "test"
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pulsar" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Apache Pulsar Python client library";
     homepage = "https://pulsar.apache.org/docs/next/client-libraries-python/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/apache/pulsar-client-python/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gaelreyrol ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ gaelreyrol ];
   };
 }