diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlite-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlite-utils/default.nix
index 6e17fc4f38e2..ef595ae93fac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlite-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlite-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, isPy3k
+, pythonOlder
 , click
 , click-default-group
+, sqlite-fts4
 , tabulate
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pytestrunner
 , black
+, hypothesis
+, sqlite
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sqlite-utils";
   version = "3.0";
-  disabled = !isPy3k;
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     click
     click-default-group
+    sqlite-fts4
     tabulate
   ];
 
@@ -30,13 +34,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
     pytestrunner
     black
+    hypothesis
+  ];
+
+  # disabled until upstream updates tests
+  disabledTests = lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast sqlite.version "3.34.0") [
+    "test_optimize"
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python CLI utility and library for manipulating SQLite databases";
     homepage = "https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.meatcar ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ meatcar ];
   };
 
 }