diff --git a/srcpkgs/pcre/template b/srcpkgs/pcre/template
index f405df68f43..bc5d09747a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pcre/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pcre/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ license="BSD"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=e62c7eac5ae7c0e7286db61ff82912e1c0b7a0c13706616e94a7dd729321b530
 
+do_check() {
+	make check
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENCE
 }