diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-isort/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-isort/template
index c3566853a18..67d7abfa939 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-isort/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-isort/template
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ maintainer="Jan Christian Grünhage <jan.christian@gruenhage.xyz>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/stephrdev/pytest-isort"
 changelog="https://github.com/stephrdev/pytest-isort/raw/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pytest_isort/pytest_isort-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=067801dc5e54a474330d074d521c815948ff6d5cf0ed3b9d057b78216851186c
-# cba for now
-make_check=no
+distfiles="https://github.com/stephrdev/pytest-isort/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c6994dd442e2fe50f2667d6fa6e14a5800192966b628cc31107c8f96c36a514b
+
+do_check() {
+	rm -rf tmp # remove artifacts from previous unsuccessful check run
+	mkdir tmp
+	bsdtar xf dist/pytest_isort-$version-py3-none-any.whl -C tmp
+	PYTHONPATH=tmp pytest
+	rm -rf tmp
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.rst