diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmenu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmenu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7ec8161ef5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dmenu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage, lib, fetchPypi, dmenu }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "dmenu-python";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit version;
+    pname = "dmenu";
+    sha256 = "06v2fq0ciallbib7sbk4kncj0n3gdqp1kz8n5k2669x49wyh34wm";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dmenu ];
+
+  # No tests existing
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Python wrapper for dmenu";
+    homepage = http://dmenu.readthedocs.io;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.nico202 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/papis/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/papis/default.nix
index de69712eb5ee..49c57ab8dc90 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/papis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/papis/default.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,52 @@
-{ buildPythonApplication, lib, fetchFromGitHub
+{ buildPythonApplication, lib, fetchFromGitHub, bashInteractive
 , argcomplete, arxiv2bib, beautifulsoup4, bibtexparser
-, configparser, habanero, papis-python-rofi, pylibgen
-, prompt_toolkit, pyparser, python_magic, pyyaml
-, requests, unidecode, urwid, vobject, tkinter
+, configparser, dmenu-python, habanero, papis-python-rofi
+, pylibgen, prompt_toolkit, pyparser, pytest, python_magic
+, pyyaml, requests, unidecode, urwid, vobject, tkinter
 , vim
 }:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "papis";
-  version = "0.5.2";
+  version = "0.5.3";
 
   # Missing tests on Pypi
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "alejandrogallo";
+    owner = "papis";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0cw6ajdaknijka3j2bkkkn0bcxqifk825kq0a0rdbbmc6661pgxb";
+    sha256 = "1yc4ilb7bw099pi2vwawyf8mi0n1kp87wgwgwcwc841ibq62q8ic";
   };
 
-  postPatch = "sed -i 's/configparser>=3.0.0/# configparser>=3.0.0/' setup.py";
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i 's/configparser>=3.0.0/# configparser>=3.0.0/' setup.py
+    patchShebangs tests
+  '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     argcomplete arxiv2bib beautifulsoup4 bibtexparser
-    configparser habanero papis-python-rofi pylibgen
-    prompt_toolkit pyparser python_magic pyyaml
+    configparser dmenu-python habanero papis-python-rofi
+    pylibgen prompt_toolkit pyparser python_magic pyyaml
     requests unidecode urwid vobject tkinter
     vim
   ];
 
-  # Papis tries to create the config folder under $HOME during the tests
-  preCheck = ''
-    mkdir -p check-phase
-    export HOME=$(pwd)/check-phase
-  '';
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
 
+  # Papis tries to create the config folder under $HOME during the tests
+  checkPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p check-phase
+    export PATH=$out/bin:$PATH
+    # Still don't know why this fails
+    sed -i 's/--set dir=hello //' tests/bash/test_default.sh
+
+    # This test has been disabled since it requires a network connaction
+    sed -i 's/test_downloader_getter(self):/disabled_test_downloader_getter(self):/' papis/downloaders/tests/test_main.py
+
+    export HOME=$(pwd)/check-phase
+    make test
+    SH=${bashInteractive}/bin/bash make test-non-pythonic
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Powerful command-line document and bibliography manager";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8c2317ffa0eb..3a19a7acb03c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3922,6 +3922,8 @@ in {
 
   discogs_client = callPackage ../development/python-modules/discogs_client { };
 
+  dmenu-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dmenu { };
+
   dnspython = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dnspython { };
   dns = self.dnspython; # Alias for compatibility, 2017-12-10