diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxdg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxdg/default.nix
index 0ad5777e6377..1a7f5b265eb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxdg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyxdg/default.nix
@@ -5,24 +5,25 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyxdg";
-  version = "0.27";
+  version = "0.28";
 
   src =  fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
     owner = "xdg";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "rel-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1dg826vrc7ifkk4lnf648h61cqfamaqmngkn9hgmxnf9gqmkbn0k";
+    sha256 = "sha256-TrFQzfkXabmfpGYwhxD1UVY1F645KycfSPPrMJFAe+0=";
   };
 
   # Tests failed (errors=4, failures=4) on NixOS
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "xdg" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg";
     description = "Contains implementations of freedesktop.org standards";
     license = licenses.lgpl2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ domenkozar ];
   };
-
 }