diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/db/dblab/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/db/dblab/package.nix
index 957436713f42..0b70234c8c13 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/db/dblab/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/db/dblab/package.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 }:
@@ -11,21 +12,46 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "danvergara";
     repo = "dblab";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-0tkIDWAub+wfoJ760m1kU7XYnGNner/zLtCod6UPF60=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-B5wyERNUkJIrKjKET9HX3F43CFW6aBtzAarkAuhxw9o=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-UGnbXjXnZ3EVcAk0ZTaV2wWWXv5nsbyNlTv8PMl2rP4=";
+  # Fix case-insensitive conflicts producing platform-dependent checksums
+  # https://github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb/issues/234
+  proxyVendor = true;
 
-  ldflags = [ "-s -w -X main.version=${finalAttrs.version}" ];
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-X main.version=${finalAttrs.version}"
+  ];
 
-  # some tests require network access
-  doCheck = false;
+  doCheck = true;
+  preCheck = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    # modernc reads /etc/protocols during package init, which Darwin sandboxing blocks.
+    go mod download modernc.org/libc
+    chmod -R u+w "$GOPATH/pkg/mod/modernc.org/libc@"*
+    substituteInPlace "$GOPATH"/pkg/mod/modernc.org/libc@*/honnef.co/go/netdb/netdb.go \
+      --replace-fail '!os.IsNotExist(err)' '!os.IsNotExist(err) && !os.IsPermission(err)'
+  '';
+  checkFlags = [
+    "-short"
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    # Tries to bind a local TCP listener, which Darwin sandboxing blocks.
+    "-skip=^TestSSHKeyFileAuthentication$"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Database client every command line junkie deserves";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Fast and lightweight interactive terminal-based UI application
+      for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, and SQL Server.
+    '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/danvergara/dblab";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/danvergara/dblab/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ iamanaws ];
+    mainProgram = "dblab";
   };
 })