diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geoalchemy2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geoalchemy2/default.nix
index 892b373f065c..ea673dc33468 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/geoalchemy2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/geoalchemy2/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , sqlalchemy
 , shapely
+, setuptools_scm
+, pytest
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -14,8 +16,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "a5a2444d90ce7f2c6b2d7bd7346c8aed16fd32c3e190e631576a51814e8f7ee9";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools_scm ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ sqlalchemy shapely ];
 
+  # https://github.com/geoalchemy/geoalchemy2/blob/e05a676350b11f0e73609379dae5625c5de2e868/TEST.rst
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage =  "http://geoalchemy.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;