diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/litestar/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/litestar/package.nix
index 14d597236c96a0..3aed08801b3a84 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/litestar/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/litestar/package.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     picologging
   ];
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytest-lazy-fixtures
+    pytest-xdist
+    pytest-mock
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-timeout
+    pytest-rerunfailures
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    # Follow github CI
+    "docs/examples/"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://litestar.dev/";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5a8874b6eeb7a2..6969c03ce67370 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -7544,6 +7544,10 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   litemapy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/litemapy { };
 
+  litestar = toPythonModule (pkgs.litestar.override {
+    python3Packages = pythonPackages;
+  });
+
   litestar-htmx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/litestar-htmx { };
 
   littleutils = callPackage ../development/python-modules/littleutils { };