diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosmtpd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosmtpd/default.nix
index 2f3c5e3b836c0..30e1747a9add3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosmtpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiosmtpd/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,37 @@
-{ lib
-, atpublic
-, attrs
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, pytest-mock
-, pytestCheckHook
-, pythonOlder
-, typing-extensions
+{
+  lib,
+  atpublic,
+  attrs,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pytest-mock,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonOlder,
+  setuptools,
+  typing-extensions,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "aiosmtpd";
   version = "1.4.5";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "aio-libs";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "aiosmtpd";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-8nQ4BVSLYgZHRGkbujy/olV/+GABlkDhe5wef3hyQpQ=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pytest.ini \
+      --replace-fail "--cov=aiosmtpd/ --cov-report term" ""
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     atpublic
     attrs
@@ -45,14 +54,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_byclient"
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "aiosmtpd"
-  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "aiosmtpd" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Asyncio based SMTP server";
     mainProgram = "aiosmtpd";
     homepage = "https://aiosmtpd.readthedocs.io/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/aio-libs/aiosmtpd/releases/tag/v${version}";
     longDescription = ''
       This is a server for SMTP and related protocols, similar in utility to the
       standard library's smtpd.py module.