diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base/default.nix
index 62fbf0130cba..bdcdda0f41eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jsonrpc-base/default.nix
@@ -3,17 +3,21 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pytest-asyncio
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jsonrpc-base";
   version = "2.1.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "emlove";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1cd83m831ngck2v8m08pb2g29z4vr9iggi73l7h506v6clkb4n3y";
+    hash = "sha256-fliyJmVmG1DgoePE92LKm/wknlgXgYq2mOzZMFAdqLE=";
   };
 
   checkInputs = [
@@ -25,6 +29,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "tests.py"
   ];
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "jsonrpc_base"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A JSON-RPC client library base interface";
     homepage = "https://github.com/emlove/jsonrpc-base";