diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/default.nix
index 11f7a370efa..b1bf65d0fe6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libopus/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fixedPoint ? false }:
 
+let
+  version = "1.1";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libopus-1.0.3";
-  
+  name = "libopus-${version}";
+
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/opus/opus-1.0.3.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "175l7hv7d03c4iz60g185nqvwrabc39ksil0d7g07i6vjaf0h6hr";
+    url = "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/opus/opus-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "158xprn2086arvdib3vbbygz7z6jqkw2nci7nlywzzwallap0wmr";
   };
 
   configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optionalString fixedPoint "--enable-fixed-point";
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec";
     license = "BSD";