diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/default.nix
index a3946444948..363cf1a0c4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, atk, cairo, glib, gtk3, pango
-, libxml2Python, perl, intltool, gettext, gnome3 }:
+, libxml2, perl, intltool, gettext, gnome3, dbus, xvfb_run, shared_mime_info }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit (import ./src.nix fetchurl) name src;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    # Required by gtksourceview-3.0.pc
+    gtk3
+    # Used by gtk_source_language_manager_guess_language
+    shared_mime_info
+  ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ atk cairo glib pango
-                  libxml2Python perl intltool gettext ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gettext perl ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals doCheck checkInputs;
+  buildInputs = [ atk cairo glib pango libxml2 ];
+  checkInputs = [ xvfb_run dbus ];
 
   preBuild = ''
     substituteInPlace gtksourceview/gtksourceview-utils.c --replace "@NIX_SHARE_PATH@" "$out/share"
@@ -16,6 +24,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./nix_share_path.patch ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1
+    xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 800x600x24' dbus-run-session \
+      --config-file=${dbus.daemon}/share/dbus-1/session.conf \
+      make check
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     maintainers = gnome3.maintainers;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/src.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/src.nix
index a8cdf8906d4..ec7a8a6aaa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/src.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/gtksourceview/src.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Autogenerated by maintainers/scripts/gnome.sh update
 
 fetchurl: {
-  name = "gtksourceview-3.24.5";
+  name = "gtksourceview-3.24.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gtksourceview/3.24/gtksourceview-3.24.5.tar.xz;
-    sha256 = "0246185fcc20c4734d01419a83f58f251a82e2a902fe60bb0335187fcf658181";
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/gtksourceview/3.24/gtksourceview-3.24.6.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "7aa6bdfebcdc73a763dddeaa42f190c40835e6f8495bb9eb8f78587e2577c188";
   };
 }