diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/default.nix
index b4bc2a35a55d..e2e0c92a162d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
 { lib, stdenv
 , fetchgit
 , unstableGitUpdater
+, callPackage
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "qbe";
-  version = "unstable-2020-10-05";
+  version = "unstable-2021-06-17";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "git://c9x.me/qbe.git";
-    rev = "496c069405cd79aed968f59dd5a5f92d1f96809f";
-    sha256 = "1vpszl77j9mnw8r0p9l23k8nxbnz31lgii7v3mai130nbpjsjsdf";
+    rev = "6d9ee1389572ae985f6a39bb99dbd10cdf42c123";
+    sha256 = "NaURS5Eu8NBd92wGQcyFEXCALU9Z93nNQeZ8afq4KMw=";
   };
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    tests.can-run-hello-world = callPackage ./test-can-run-hello-world.nix {};
+    updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://c9x.me/compile/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/test-can-run-hello-world.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/test-can-run-hello-world.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5192bb881f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/qbe/test-can-run-hello-world.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, writeText
+, qbe
+}:
+
+# The hello world program available at https://c9x.me/compile/
+let helloWorld = writeText "hello-world.ssa" ''
+  function w $add(w %a, w %b) {        # Define a function add
+  @start
+    %c =w add %a, %b                   # Adds the 2 arguments
+    ret %c                             # Return the result
+  }
+  export function w $main() {          # Main function
+  @start
+    %r =w call $add(w 1, w 1)          # Call add(1, 1)
+    call $printf(l $fmt, w %r, ...)    # Show the result
+    ret 0
+  }
+  data $fmt = { b "One and one make %d!\n", b 0 }
+'';
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "qbe-test-can-run-hello-world";
+  meta.timeout = 10;
+  buildCommand = ''
+    ${qbe}/bin/qbe -o asm.s ${helloWorld}
+    cc -o out asm.s
+    ./out | grep 'One and one make 2!'
+    touch $out
+  '';
+}
+