diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix
index 791b62920eeb9b6..fd4816c3bb57882 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rlp/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, pytest }:
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, pytest, hypothesis }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
   pname = "rlp";
   version = "1.0.1";
 
@@ -10,12 +9,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "492c11b18e89af42f98e96bca7671ffee4ad4cf5e69ea23b4d2221157d81b512";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkInputs = [ pytest hypothesis ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "A package for encoding and decoding data in and from Recursive Length Prefix notation";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ethereum/pyrlp";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ gebner ];
+    broken = true; # Requires a chain of unpackaged dependencies.
   };
 }