diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytestrunner/2.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytestrunner/2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6203276b827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytestrunner/2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, setuptools_scm, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pytest-runner";
+  version = "5.2";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "96c7e73ead7b93e388c5d614770d2bae6526efd997757d3543fe17b557a0942b";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm pytest ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    rm pytest.ini
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test tests
+  '';
+
+  # Fixture not found
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Invoke py.test as distutils command with dependency resolution";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-runner";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index be95234ecf1c..5267d8104f83 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6591,7 +6591,10 @@ in {
   pytest-rerunfailures = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-rerunfailures { };
 
   pytest-runner = self.pytestrunner; # added 2021-01-04
-  pytestrunner = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytestrunner { };
+  pytestrunner = if isPy3k then
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytestrunner { }
+  else
+    callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytestrunner/2.nix { };
 
   pytest-sanic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytest-sanic {
     sanic = self.sanic.override { doCheck = false; };