diff --git a/dev-python/manhole/manhole-1.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/manhole/manhole-1.6.0.ebuild
index 6a8e3a3e29..b60509bf50 100644
--- a/dev-python/manhole/manhole-1.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/manhole/manhole-1.6.0.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
-
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1
@@ -19,12 +18,10 @@ HOMEPAGE="
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/ionelmc/${MYPN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
-
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
-#majority of test works but I can't exclude the failing one easily
-RESTRICT="test"
-
 RDEPEND=""
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
@@ -40,13 +37,18 @@ DEPEND="
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MYPN}-${PV}"
 
-#src_prepare() {
-#	#wsgi test require network
-#	rm tests/wsgi.py || die
-#	default
-#}
+python_test() {
+	pytest -vv \
+			--deselect tests/test_manhole.py::test_non_daemon_connection \
+			--deselect tests/test_manhole.py::test_daemon_connection \
+			--deselect tests/test_manhole.py::test_uwsgi \
+			--deselect tests/test_manhole.py::test_fork_exec \
+			--deselect tests/test_manhole.py::test_connection_handler_exec[str] \
+			--deselect tests/test_manhole.py::test_connection_handler_exec[func] \
+			--deselect tests/test_manhole_cli.py::test_help
+
+}
 
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs \
 				dev-python/sphinx-py3doc-enhanced-theme \
 				dev-python/sphinxcontrib-napoleon