diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 6b20c0e499c6..be75c7e3f8d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -816,19 +816,23 @@ in {
 
   python-gnupg = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name    = "python-gnupg-${version}";
-    version = "0.3.8";
+    version = "0.4.0";
 
     src = pkgs.fetchurl {
       url    = "mirror://pypi/p/python-gnupg/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0nkbs9c8f30lra7ca39kg91x8cyxn0jb61vih4qky839gpbwwwiq";
+      sha256 = "1yd88acafs9nwk6gzpbxjzpx0zd04qrvc6hmwhj1i89ghm2g7ap6";
     };
 
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gnupg1 ];
+
     # Let's make the library default to our gpg binary
     patchPhase = ''
       substituteInPlace gnupg.py \
         --replace "gpgbinary='gpg'" "gpgbinary='${pkgs.gnupg1}/bin/gpg'"
     '';
 
+    doCheck = false;
+
     meta = {
       description = "A wrapper for the Gnu Privacy Guard";
       homepage    = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-gnupg";