diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mbuffer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mbuffer/default.nix
index 44b00adf5c17..7edfb280e430 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mbuffer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mbuffer/default.nix
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
  } :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "20190725";
+  version = "20191016";
   pname = "mbuffer";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.maier-komor.de/software/mbuffer/mbuffer-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "1hjhyh3q0q22czq3s2wk5mcky1jrq9xw8fppw6r7cix1riq74m91";
+    sha256 = "05xyvmbs2x5gbj2njgg7hsj3alb5dh96xhab0w0qkhb58x2i1hld";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl ];
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.maier-komor.de/mbuffer.html;
+    homepage = "http://www.maier-komor.de/mbuffer.html";
     description  = "A tool for buffering data streams with a large set of unique features";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ tokudan ];