diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
index 919f20f1398..977bd17fb51 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,34 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, glib, gtk, gettext, libiconv, libintl
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, check, dbus, xvfb_run, glib, gtk, gettext, libiconv, json_c, libintl
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "girara-${version}";
+  pname = "girara";
   version = "0.3.2";
 
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://pwmt.org/projects/girara/download/${name}.tar.xz";
+    url = "https://pwmt.org/projects/girara/download/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1kc6n1mxjxa7wvwnqy94qfg8l9jvx9qrvrr2kc7m4g0z20x3a00p";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gettext ];
-  buildInputs = [ libintl libiconv ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkgconfig gettext check dbus xvfb_run ];
+  buildInputs = [ libintl libiconv json_c ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib gtk ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Ddocs=disabled" # docs do not seem to be installed
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1
+    xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 800x600x24' dbus-run-session \
+      --config-file=${dbus.daemon}/share/dbus-1/session.conf \
+      meson test --print-errorlogs
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://pwmt.org/projects/girara/;
     description = "User interface library";