diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpgme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpgme/default.nix
index b260516accd0..1aa561bee793 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpgme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gpgme/default.nix
@@ -1,52 +1,72 @@
 {
   autoreconfHook,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchurl,
+  gnupg,
   gpgme,
   lib,
+  libgpg-error,
   setuptools,
   swig,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "gpgme";
-  inherit (gpgme) version src;
+  version = "2.0.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  patches = gpgme.patches or [ ];
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnupg/gpgmepy/gpgmepy-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-B+EmVkj/UdojjJr3oYs/HcewxmtPIacvJ8dLOWzTM20=";
+  };
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace lang/python/setup.py.in \
-      --replace-fail "gpgme_h = '''" "gpgme_h = '${lib.getDev gpgme}/include/gpgme.h'" \
-      --replace-fail "@VERSION@" "${gpgme.version}"
-  '';
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail ', "swig"' ""
 
-  configureFlags = gpgme.configureFlags ++ [
-    "--enable-languages=python"
-  ];
-
-  postConfigure = "
-    cd lang/python
-  ";
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    make copystamp
+    # prevent `packaging.version.InvalidVersion: Invalid version: '2.0.0-unknown'`
+    substituteInPlace autogen.sh \
+      --replace-fail 'tmp="-unknown"' 'tmp=""'
   '';
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
+    gpgme # for gpgme-config
+    libgpg-error # for gpg-error-config
     swig
   ];
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    # prevent `error: package directory 'gpg' does not exist`
+    mv src gpg
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [
     gpgme
+    libgpg-error
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "gpg" ];
 
-  meta = gpgme.meta // {
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    gnupg
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    make -C tests
+
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://dev.gnupg.org/source/gpgmepy/browse/master/NEWS;gpgmepy-${version}?as=remarkup";
     description = "Python bindings to the GPGME API of the GnuPG cryptography library";
-    homepage = "https://dev.gnupg.org/source/gpgme/browse/master/lang/python/";
+    homepage = "https://dev.gnupg.org/source/gpgmepy/";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.dotlambda ];
   };
 }