diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-xlib/template b/srcpkgs/python-xlib/template
index de315a200d..9a816ae5af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-xlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-xlib/template
@@ -1,21 +1,31 @@
 # Template file for 'python-xlib'
 pkgname=python-xlib
-version=0.27
-revision=3
+version=0.29
+revision=1
 build_style=python-module
-hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools_scm"
 depends="python-six"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-six python3-mock
+ python-pytest python-six python-mock"
 short_desc="Fully functional X client library for Python2"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/python-xlib/python-xlib"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/download/${version}/python-xlib-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=a90667c70905c6ef0754c8a09fa61acbc1e1b7ddb946d527831800d7cbfe9348
+checksum=1c7ed1da3fc507e5cdb636c55b3619aac3c7a226b01860191bcba887d7ebeb6d
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i '/setup_requires/d' setup.py
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	# Ignore tests that require an X11 DISPLAY
+	PYTHONPATH="$(cd build-2.7/lib* && pwd)" \
+		python2 -m pytest --ignore test/test_xlib_display.py
+	PYTHONPATH="$(cd build-${py3_ver}/lib* && pwd)" \
+		python3 -m pytest --ignore test/test_xlib_display.py
+}
+
 python3-xlib_package() {
 	depends="python3-six"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"