diff --git a/srcpkgs/ninja/template b/srcpkgs/ninja/template
index 919568c7155..30b5b1d8f6f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ninja/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ninja/template
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ do_build() {
 	CXXFLAGS="$HOST_CXXFLAGS" python2 configure.py
 	asciidoc doc/manual.asciidoc
 }
+do_check() {
+	./ninja ninja_test &&
+	./ninja_test --gtest_filter=-SubprocessTest.SetWithLots
+}
 do_install() {
 	vbin ninja
 	vdoc doc/manual.html