diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-benchmark/pytest-benchmark-3.2.3.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-benchmark/pytest-benchmark-3.2.3.ebuild
index 82b9e642bb..5652413a39 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-benchmark/pytest-benchmark-3.2.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-benchmark/pytest-benchmark-3.2.3.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI="7"
 
-#DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_6 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
+# during tests import fails because conflict with the already installed files
+# not sure how to fix, it would require setting some python variables but that would
+# probably lead to all other packages being unfindable by the tests
+RESTRICT="test"
+
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/py-cpuinfo[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
@@ -39,3 +44,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs dev-python/sphinx-py3doc-enhanced-theme
+
+python_test() {
+	# has to be run in source dir
+	PYTHONPATH="${S}"
+	cd "${S}" || die
+	pytest -vv || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
+}