diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonix/default.nix
index 6ed150d12398..4ed0fb79127e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonix/default.nix
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, ninja, boost, meson, pkgconfig, nix, isPy3k }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, ninja, boost, meson, pkg-config, nix, isPy3k, python }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pythonix";
-  version = "0.1.6";
+  version = "0.1.7";
   format = "other";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Mic92";
     repo = "pythonix";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1qzcrpn333hsgn6fj1m1s3cvaf0ny8qpygamcrazqv57xmwyr8h5";
+    sha256 = "1wxqv3i4bva2qq9mx670bcx0g0irjn68fvk28dwvhay9ndwcspqf";
   };
 
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ nix boost ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    # This is typically set by pipInstallHook/eggInstallHook,
+    # so we have to do so manually when using meson
+    export PYTHONPATH=$out/${python.sitePackages}:$PYTHONPATH
+  '';
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "nix" ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = ''
        Eval nix code from python.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d79240a46aaf..ad775f0712b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6031,7 +6031,10 @@ in {
 
   pythonIRClib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pythonirclib { };
 
-  pythonix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pythonix { inherit (pkgs) meson pkgconfig; };
+  pythonix = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pythonix {
+    inherit (pkgs) pkg-config;
+    meson = pkgs.meson.override { python3 = self.python; };
+  };
 
   python-jenkins = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-jenkins { };