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@@ -2014,6 +2014,10 @@ example of such a situation is when `py.test` is used.
 
 * Tests that attempt to access `$HOME` can be fixed by using the following
   work-around before running tests (e.g. `preCheck`): `export HOME=$(mktemp -d)`
+* Compiling with Cython causes tests to fail with a `ModuleNotLoadedError`.
+  This can be fixed with two changes in the derivation: 1) replacing `pytest` with
+  `pytestCheckHook` and 2) adding a `preCheck` containing `cd $out` to run
+  tests within the built output.
 
 ## Contributing {#contributing}