diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfyaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfyaml/default.nix
index 233f202c2cd..dfb540b0bd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfyaml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfyaml/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libfyaml";
-  version = "0.6.3";
+  version = "0.7";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pantoniou";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1aw5s0ns79jr3lpcy3hdsrlr79rrv5aqymv4h43axvy2bi90nrr0";
+    sha256 = "10w1n4zzgw33j755pkv73fxdn93kwbzg486b5m9i0bh5d76jp4ax";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    patchShebangs test
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/pantoniou/libfyaml";
     description = "Fully feature complete YAML parser and emitter, supporting the latest YAML spec and passing the full YAML testsuite";