diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tesserocr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tesserocr/default.nix
index 0b21e17f96b0..c8e1d2e64f95 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tesserocr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tesserocr/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-{
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
-  lib,
-  # build dependencies
-  cython,
-  leptonica,
-  pkg-config,
-  tesseract,
-  # extra python packages
-  pillow
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, lib
+
+# build dependencies
+, cython
+, leptonica
+, pkg-config
+, tesseract
+
+# propagates
+, pillow
+
+# tests
+, unittestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -20,11 +24,30 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1bmj76gi8401lcqdaaznfmz9yf11myy1bzivqwwq08z3dwzxswck";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cython pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ leptonica tesseract ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pillow ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cython
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    leptonica
+    tesseract
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pillow
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "tesserocr"
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    unittestCheckHook
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "A simple, Pillow-friendly, wrapper around the tesseract-ocr API for Optical Character Recognition (OCR)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr";
     license = licenses.mit;