diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cligj/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cligj/default.nix
index 12b597f36984..91b289e2ede7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cligj/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cligj/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi,
-  click
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+, click, pytest, glibcLocales
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -7,15 +7,23 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.4.0";
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0m1zic66nay2rymfa9krd3jfpyajxjnbmzw7c2q764aw9ychgb8j";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mapbox";
+    repo = "cligj";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0fclxagxv23v75yiypb29a8sja23dakhvmx3blmxyhg2sci92sx8";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     click
   ];
 
+  checkInputs = [ pytest glibcLocales ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8 pytest tests
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Click params for commmand line interfaces to GeoJSON";
     homepage = https://github.com/mapbox/cligj;