diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix
index 6f637bae891b..71a140e53255 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix
@@ -19,18 +19,21 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "f7494ef0df60766b7cabe0a3651556345a963b74dbc16bc7c18479041170d402";
   };
-  LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
+
+  LC_ALL="en_US.utf8";
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest glibcLocales ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ipython_genutils traitlets testpath jsonschema jupyter_core ];
 
-  # Failing tests and permission issues
-  doCheck = false;
+  preCheck = ''
+    mkdir tmp
+    export HOME=tmp
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "The Jupyter Notebook format";
     homepage = http://jupyter.org/;
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh globin ];
   };
 }