diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
index 37fbe6701148..a0f41610723b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ let
       is_venv = "True";
       is_nixenv = "False";
     };
+
     # Venv built using Python Nix environment (python.buildEnv)
     # TODO: Cannot create venv from a  nix env
     # Error: Command '['/nix/store/ddc8nqx73pda86ibvhzdmvdsqmwnbjf7-python3-3.7.6-venv/bin/python3.7', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests/test_python.py b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests/test_python.py
index f631a172ccc6..93aa2bb2b9ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests/test_python.py
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests/test_python.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TestCasePython(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_site_prefix(self):
         self.assertTrue(sys.prefix in site.PREFIXES)
 
-    @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info.major==2, "Python 2 does not have base_prefix")
+    @unittest.skipIf(IS_PYPY or sys.version_info.major==2, "Python 2 does not have base_prefix")
     def test_base_prefix(self):
         if IS_VENV:
             self.assertNotEqual(sys.prefix, sys.base_prefix)