diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ed/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ed/default.nix
index 716dad8dde7..cfa366b66ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/ed/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ed/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ed-1.0";
+  name = "ed-1.1";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/ed/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0mwkbz6qy6hqbdk7hwl6271yjsm5nh1v70aynp51zncj0s0b2r7r";
+    sha256 = "0hikn102jywxy86599k0ys4h2r3lshlfihrpjr7dqaxch49pgb56";
   };
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "GNU ed, an implementation of the standard Unix editor";