diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix
index 8661404766ea..25a2dbbf1cd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, m4, perl, lzma }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libtool-2.2.6a";
-  
+  name = "libtool-2.2.6b";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/libtool/${name}.tar.lzma";
-    sha256 = "12k3m7d0ngcwwahicncxbyd1155ij63ylr8372f0q8xbzq59c8hx";
+    sha256 = "1bmpp31sfjl3nzj8psvnsqrrv4gwnqzii8dxpxr6djz508yavsv6";
   };
-  
+
   buildInputs = [ lzma m4 perl ];
 
   unpackCmd = "lzma -d < $src | tar xv";
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # "fixed" path in generated files!
   dontPatchShebangs = true;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "GNU Libtool, a generic library support script";
 
@@ -32,5 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/;
 
     license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
   };
 }