diff --git a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-lib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-lib/default.nix
index cc26c458a06f..cf566d340661 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-lib/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, guile}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, guile, texinfo}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "guile-lib-0.1.6";
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "827744c7954078f1f37e0bf70252ec70b4d60c1482a3542a49bd09723cf65d12";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [guile];
+  buildInputs = [guile texinfo];
 
   postInstall = ''
     # Remove modules already provided by Guile.
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
-    description = ''Guile-Library, a set of various useful
-                    Guile Scheme modules.'';
+    description = ''Guile-Library, a collection of useful Guile
+                    Scheme modules'';
     homepage = http://home.gna.org/guile-lib/;
     license = "GPL";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/guile/guile-lint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/guile/guile-lint/default.nix
index f9032dd48847..d2e4f7c25108 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/guile/guile-lint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/guile/guile-lint/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv ,,tmp guile-lint.in
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = ''Guile-Lint checks syntax and semantics in a
                     Guile program or module.'';
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8713ae5237b8..e039fe5e728b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ let pkgs = rec {
   };
 
   guileLib = import ../development/guile-modules/guile-lib {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv guile;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv guile texinfo;
   };
 
   windowssdk = import ../development/misc/windows-sdk {