diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ovh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ovh/default.nix
index 74f341038b18..b9ab287260d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ovh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ovh/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,45 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, mock
+, nose
+, requests
+, yanc
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ovh";
   version = "1.0.0";
-
-  # Needs yanc
-  doCheck = false;
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "sha256-IQzwu0gwfPNPOLQLCO99KL5Hu2094Y+acQBFXVGzHhU=";
   };
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    mock
+    nose
+    yanc
+  ];
+
+  # requires network
+  checkPhase = ''
+    nosetests . \
+      -e test_config_get_conf \
+      -e test_config_get_custom_conf \
+      -e test_endpoints \
+      -e test_init_from_custom_config
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Thin wrapper around OVH's APIs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ovh/python-ovh";