diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ssdeep/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ssdeep/default.nix
index 510bbbac9518..6ad339a083f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ssdeep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ssdeep/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,51 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, pkgs
 , cffi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
 , six
-, pytest
-, pytest-runner
+, ssdeep
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ssdeep";
   version = "3.4";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0px8k4fjbkjb717bg2v7rjhm4iclrxzq7sh0hfqs55f4ddqi0m8v";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "DinoTools";
+    repo = "python-ssdeep";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-eAB4/HmPGj/ngHrqkOlY/kTdY5iUEBHxrsRYjR/RNyw=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgs.ssdeep pytest-runner ];
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cffi six ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    ssdeep
+  ];
 
-  # tests repository does not include required files
-  doCheck = false;
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    cffi
+    six
+  ];
+
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace '"pytest-runner"' ""
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "ssdeep"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/DinoTools/python-ssdeep";
     description = "Python wrapper for the ssdeep library";
-    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/DinoTools/python-ssdeep";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5b89eca85a47..706280b5733c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9099,7 +9099,9 @@ in {
 
   srvlookup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/srvlookup { };
 
-  ssdeep = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ssdeep { };
+  ssdeep = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ssdeep {
+    inherit (pkgs) ssdeep;
+  };
 
   ssdp = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ssdp { };