diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/macfsevents/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/macfsevents/default.nix
index 0ba4d08ff0d2..aa65bb91bad0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/macfsevents/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/macfsevents/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, CoreFoundation, CoreServices }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, CoreFoundation
+, CoreServices
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "MacFSEvents";
-  version = "0.8.1";
+  version = "0.8.4";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1324b66b356051de662ba87d84f73ada062acd42b047ed1246e60a449f833e10";
+    sha256 = "sha256-v3KD8dUXdkzNyBlbIWMdu6wcUGuSC/mo6ilWsxJ2Ucs=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ CoreFoundation CoreServices ];
@@ -14,9 +19,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # Some tests fail under nix build directory
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "fsevents" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/malthe/macfsevents";
     description = "Thread-based interface to file system observation primitives";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/malthe/macfsevents";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/malthe/macfsevents/blob/${version}/CHANGES.rst";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.marsam ];
     platforms = platforms.darwin;