diff --git a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
index b0b92639f65..782a6270a62 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/coreutils/template
@@ -75,6 +75,31 @@ do_build() {
 	fi
 	make ${makejobs}
 }
+
+do_check() {
+	# chgrp tests fail inside a chroot
+	sed -i '/tests\/chgrp/d' Makefile
+
+	# tests that fail inside a chroot
+	sed -i '/test-fchownat$(EXEEXT)/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+	sed -i '/test-chown$(EXEEXT)/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+	sed -i '/test-lchown$(EXEEXT)/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+
+	# Requires test-chown which fails on chroot ( see above )
+	sed -i '/test-chdir$(EXEEXT)/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+
+	# Requires test-chdir which is disable due to test-chown failure
+	sed -i '/test-canonicalize$(EXEEXT)/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+
+	# Requires test-canonicalize which is disable due to test-chdir being
+	# disable due to test-chown failure
+	sed -i '/test-calloc-gnu$(EXEEXT)/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+
+	sed -i '/test-c-strcase.sh/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+
+	make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=1 check
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then