diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hd/hdf5-blosc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hd/hdf5-blosc/package.nix
index 3df9bcdd11c0..d0eb807a72a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/hd/hdf5-blosc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/hd/hdf5-blosc/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   cmake,
   hdf5,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -33,12 +34,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
-    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace 'set(BLOSC_INSTALL_DIR "''${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blosc")' 'set(BLOSC_INSTALL_DIR "${c-blosc}")'
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail 'set(BLOSC_INSTALL_DIR "''${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blosc")' 'set(BLOSC_INSTALL_DIR "${c-blosc}")'
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DPLUGIN_INSTALL_PATH=${placeholder "plugin"}/hdf5/lib/plugin"
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
+    "-DBUILD_TESTS=ON"
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -46,6 +48,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteAll ${./blosc_filter.pc.in} $out/lib/pkgconfig/blosc_filter.pc
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Filter for HDF5 that uses the Blosc compressor";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Blosc/hdf5-blosc";