diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanstalkc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanstalkc/default.nix
index 9ac9cf831eb3..e83a9f67789c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanstalkc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanstalkc/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "beanstalkc";
-  version = "0.4.0";
+  version = "0.5.2";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "98978e57797320146f4b233286d9a02f65d20bad0168424118839fc608085280";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bosondata";
+    repo = "beanstalkc";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1dpb1yimp2pfnikmgsb2fr9x6h8riixlsx3xfqphnfvrid49vw5s";
   };
 
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = {
     description = "A simple beanstalkd client library for Python";
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ aanderse ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c31f10167f05..552f0254d186 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ in {
 
   bayespy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bayespy { };
 
-  beanstalkc = disabledIf isPy3k (callPackage ../development/python-modules/beanstalkc {});
+  beanstalkc = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beanstalkc { };
 
   bitarray = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bitarray { };