diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/web/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/web/default.nix
index 769ac6d2e5fa..ab91d80b8c7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/web/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/web/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
-{ stdenv
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, isPy3k
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytestCheckHook
+, cheroot
+, dbutils, mysqlclient, pymysql, mysql-connector, psycopg2
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.62";
   pname = "web.py";
-  disabled = isPy3k;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "5ce684caa240654cae5950da8b4b7bc178812031e08f990518d072bd44ab525e";
   };
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cheroot ];
+
+  # requires multiple running databases
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "web" ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook dbutils mysqlclient pymysql mysql-connector psycopg2 ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Makes web apps";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     '';
     homepage = "https://webpy.org/";
     license = licenses.publicDomain;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ layus ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ layus SuperSandro2000 ];
   };
 
 }