diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/default.nix
index 2a1abe7b59ce..ac4f45f4e9d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/default.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,35 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy3k
 , pytest, pytestrunner, pbr, glibcLocales , pytestcov
-, requests, requests_oauthlib, requests_toolbelt, defusedxml }:
+, requests, requests_oauthlib, requests_toolbelt, defusedxml
+, ipython
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jira";
   version = "1.0.15";
 
+  PBR_VERSION = version;
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "20108a1d5b0dd058d5d4e0047f2d09ee06aaa413b22ca4d5c249e86167417fe8";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ glibcLocales pytest pytestcov pytestrunner pbr ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests requests_oauthlib requests_toolbelt defusedxml ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests requests_oauthlib requests_toolbelt defusedxml pbr ipython ];
+
+  # impure tests because of connectivity attempts to jira servers
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  patches = [ ./sphinx-fix.patch ];
 
   LC_ALL = "en_US.utf8";
 
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
-  # no tests in release tarball
-  doCheck = false;
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "This library eases the use of the JIRA REST API from Python.";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ma27 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/sphinx-fix.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/sphinx-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccc47ac4b9cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jira/sphinx-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index c49a24d..31aeec2 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ except ImportError:
+ 
+ 
+ setuptools.setup(
+-    setup_requires=['pbr>=3.0.0', 'setuptools>=17.1', 'pytest-runner', 'sphinx>=1.6.5'],
++    setup_requires=['pbr>=3.0.0', 'setuptools>=17.1', 'pytest-runner'],
+     pbr=True)