diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-chardet/template b/srcpkgs/python-chardet/template
index 18ae457b2a8..276b8e94980 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-chardet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-chardet/template
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 # Template file for 'python-chardet'
 pkgname=python-chardet
-version=3.0.4
-revision=5
+version=4.0.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="chardet-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-setuptools"
-pycompile_module="chardet"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest python-pytest"
 short_desc="Universal encoding detector for Python 2 and 3 (Python2)"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/chardet/chardet"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/chardet/chardet-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=84ab92ed1c4d4f16916e05906b6b75a6c0fb5db821cc65e70cbd64a3e2a5eaae
+checksum=0d6f53a15db4120f2b08c94f11e7d93d2c911ee118b6b30a04ec3ee8310179fa
 alternatives="chardet:chardetect:/usr/bin/chardetect2"
 
+do_check() {
+	python2 -m pytest
+	python3 -m pytest
+}
+
 python3-chardet_package() {
 	depends="python3-setuptools"
-	pycompile_module="chardet"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	alternatives="chardet:chardetect:/usr/bin/chardetect3"
 	pkg_install() {