diff --git a/srcpkgs/bzip2/template b/srcpkgs/bzip2/template
index 5d55dfe9a84..188b0c8227b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bzip2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bzip2/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" bzip2recover libbz2.a
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	make check
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin bzip2-shared bzip2
 	vbin bzip2recover