diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent-jesec/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent-jesec/default.nix
index 3858d87e7ed..0fd16f4799d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent-jesec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent-jesec/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,31 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, gtest, openssl, zlib }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, gtest, openssl, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libtorrent-jesec";
-  version = "0.13.8-r1";
+  version = "0.13.8-r2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jesec";
     repo = "libtorrent";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Eh5pMkSe9uO0dPRWDg2BbbRxxuvX9FM2/OReq/61ojc=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-eIXVTbVOCRHcxSsLPvIm9F60t2upk5ORpDSOOYqTCJ4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "test-fallback";
+      url = "https://github.com/jesec/libtorrent/commit/a38205ce06aadc9908478ec3a9c8aefd9be06344.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-2TyQ9zYWZw6bzAfVZzTOQSkfIZnDU8ykgpRAFXscEH0=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ openssl zlib ];
 
-  # https://github.com/jesec/libtorrent/issues/1
-  doCheck = false;
+  doCheck = true;
+  preCheck = ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}$PWD
+  '';
   checkInputs = [ gtest ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent-jesec/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent-jesec/default.nix
index 5b973a84ebc..eeff6e91399 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent-jesec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent-jesec/default.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rtorrent-jesec";
-  version = "0.9.8-r13";
+  version = "0.9.8-r14";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jesec";
     repo = "rtorrent";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1srn1ms7dvsn994zvb8i4m6gc144ygc7wc2a23bma79cqpl7drlw";
+    sha256 = "sha256-AbjzNIha3MkCZi6MuyUfPx9r3zeXeTUzkbD7uHB85lo=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];