diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nodeenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nodeenv/default.nix
index d88661ae757c..1ff2d47b32d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nodeenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nodeenv/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, setuptools }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, setuptools, python, which }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nodeenv";
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # Tests not included in PyPI tarball
   doCheck = false;
 
+  preFixup = ''
+    substituteInPlace $out/${python.sitePackages}/nodeenv.py \
+      --replace '["which", candidate]' '["${lib.getBin which}/bin/which", candidate]'
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "nodeenv" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Node.js virtual environment builder";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ekalinin/nodeenv";