diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
index 893943cbc720..4519641c4820 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
@@ -2,28 +2,34 @@
 , python
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, pycares
+, pycurl
+, twisted
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "tornado";
   version = "6.1";
 
-  # We specify the name of the test files to prevent
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/14634
-  checkPhase = ''
-    ${python.interpreter} -m unittest discover *_test.py
-  '';
-
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "33c6e81d7bd55b468d2e793517c909b139960b6c790a60b7991b9b6b76fb9791";
   };
 
+  checkInputs = [
+    pycares
+    pycurl
+    twisted
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "tornado" ];
+
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "A web framework and asynchronous networking library";
     homepage = "https://www.tornadoweb.org/";
-    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
   };
 }