diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidjson/default.nix
index 1211892890ad..49cbc7ab764c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidjson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rapidjson/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pkg-config, cmake }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, pkg-config
+, cmake
+, gtest
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rapidjson";
@@ -16,20 +23,42 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rapidjson/raw/48402da9f19d060ffcd40bf2b2e6987212c58b0c/f/rapidjson-1.1.0-c++20.patch";
       sha256 = "1qm62iad1xfsixv1li7qy475xc7gc04hmi2q21qdk6l69gk7mf82";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/community/rapidjson/do-not-include-gtest-src-dir.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-BjSZEwfCXA/9V+kxQ/2JPWbc26jQn35CfN8+8NW24s4=";
+    })
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    find -name CMakeLists.txt | xargs \
+      sed -i -e "s/-Werror//g" -e "s/-march=native//g"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace "-Werror" ""
-    substituteInPlace example/CMakeLists.txt --replace "-Werror" ""
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DGTEST_SOURCE_DIR=${gtest.dev}/include"
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    gtest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    ctest -E '.*valgrind.*'
+
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API";
     homepage = "http://rapidjson.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan dotlambda ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
index 35d11e981e4d..a9423a7a58df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-rapidjson/default.nix
@@ -1,37 +1,58 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , fetchPypi
 , pythonOlder
-, pytest
+, rapidjson
+, pytestCheckHook
 , pytz
 , glibcLocales
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+let
+  rapidjson' = rapidjson.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    version = "unstable-2022-05-24";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "Tencent";
+      repo = "rapidjson";
+      rev = "232389d4f1012dddec4ef84861face2d2ba85709";
+      hash = "sha256-RLvDcInUa8E8DRA4U/oXEE8+TZ0SDXXDU/oWvpfDWjw=";
+    };
+    patches = [
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/community/rapidjson/do-not-include-gtest-src-dir.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-BjSZEwfCXA/9V+kxQ/2JPWbc26jQn35CfN8+8NW24s4=";
+      })
+    ];
+  });
+in buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "1.6";
   pname = "python-rapidjson";
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.4";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "sha256-GJzxqWv5/NhtADYPFa12qDzgiJuK6NHLD9srKZXlocg=";
   };
 
-  LC_ALL="en_US.utf-8";
-  buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
+  setupPyBuildFlags = [
+    "--rj-include-dir=${lib.getDev rapidjson'}/include"
+  ];
 
-  # buildInputs = [ ];
-  checkInputs = [ pytest pytz ];
-  # propagatedBuildInputs = [ ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+    pytz
+  ];
 
-  checkPhase = ''
-    pytest tests
-  '';
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    "benchmarks"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/python-rapidjson/python-rapidjson";
-    description = "Python wrapper around rapidjson ";
+    description = "Python wrapper around rapidjson";
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ costrouc dotlambda ];
   };
 }