diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
index 87f5d0be68a3..b24dbb8f90a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ rec {
   parity-beta = callPackage ./parity/beta.nix { };
   parity-ui = callPackage ./parity-ui { };
 
-  particl-core = callPackage ./particl/particl-core.nix { boost = boost165; miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; };
+  particl-core = callPackage ./particl/particl-core.nix { miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/particl/particl-core.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/particl/particl-core.nix
index a06f373683a9..d3b20ef2ea36 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/particl/particl-core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/particl/particl-core.nix
@@ -10,31 +10,40 @@
 , zeromq
 , zlib
 , unixtools
+, python3
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "particl-core-${version}";
-  version     = "0.16.2.0";
+  version = "0.17.0.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/particl/particl-core/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1d2vvg7avlhsg0rcpd5pbzafnk1w51a2y29xjjkpafi6iqs2l617";
+    sha256 = "0bkxdayl0jrfhgz8qzqqpwzv0yavz3nwsn6c8k003jnbcw65fkhx";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    openssl db48 boost zlib miniupnpc libevent zeromq
-    unixtools.hexdump
+  buildInputs = [ openssl db48 boost zlib miniupnpc libevent zeromq unixtools.hexdump python3 ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-bench"
+    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib"
+  ] ++ optionals (!doCheck) [
+    "--enable-tests=no"
   ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib" ];
+  # Always check during Hydra builds
+  doCheck = true;
+  preCheck = "patchShebangs test";
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Privacy-Focused Marketplace & Decentralized Application Platform";
     longDescription= ''
       An open source, decentralized privacy platform built for global person to person eCommerce.
+      RPC daemon and CLI client only.
     '';
     homepage = https://particl.io/;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ demyanrogozhin ];