diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/acct/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/acct/default.nix
index 0ad31c74535..27f8004e030 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/acct/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/acct/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "acct-6.5";
+  name = "acct-6.5.3";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/acct/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0cw0id32mw9sy6950g38yi34wn1bryrdsklh23djlqmb1imbqlji";
+    sha256 = "0a48z9wb1cfb7nnmr0y4pbyqbx6qim2hqwl9bm4iyfy1p2r06mml";
   };
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "GNU Accounting Utilities, login and process accounting utilities";