diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix
index 3e07188986d0..a6c3f485d74b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/canmatrix/default.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,53 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, python
+, pythonOlder
+, attrs
+, bitstruct
+, future
+, pathlib2
+, typing
 , lxml
 , xlwt
 , xlrd
 , XlsxWriter
 , pyyaml
-, future }:
+, pytest
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "canmatrix";
-  version = "0.6";
+  version = "0.7";
 
   # uses fetchFromGitHub as PyPi release misses test/ dir
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ebroecker";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1lb0krhchja2jqfsh5lsfgmqcchs1pd38akvc407jfmll96f4yqz";
+    sha256 = "0q8qb282nfgirl8r2i9c8whm3hvr14ig2r42ssgnv2hya971cwjq";
   };
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    cd test
-    ${python.interpreter} ./test.py
-  '';
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    # required
+    attrs
+    bitstruct
+    future
+    pathlib2
+    # optional
+    lxml
+    xlwt
+    xlrd
+    XlsxWriter
+    pyyaml
+  ] ++ lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.5") typing;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs =
-    [ lxml
-      xlwt
-      xlrd
-      XlsxWriter
-      pyyaml
-      future
-    ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest -s src/canmatrix
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/ebroecker/canmatrix;