diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioftp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioftp/default.nix
index 0ae39db36a52..c8b0e8c11478 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioftp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aioftp/default.nix
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     async-timeout
   ];
 
+  doCheck = false; # requires siosocks, not packaged yet
   checkPhase = ''
     pytest
   '';
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "aioftp" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Ftp client/server for asyncio";
     homepage = "https://github.com/aio-libs/aioftp";