diff --git a/srcpkgs/screenplain/template b/srcpkgs/screenplain/template
index 650e71564c7..babdf38974f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/screenplain/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/screenplain/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=4
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-reportlab"
+checkdepends="$depends"
 short_desc="Convert Fountain screenplays to HTML, FDX, and PDF"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"