diff --git a/srcpkgs/make/template b/srcpkgs/make/template
index ed228bcf846..11b8c4f8379 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/make/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/make/template
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/make"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/make/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d6e262bf3601b42d2b1e4ef8310029e1dcf20083c5446b4b7aa67081fdffc589
+
+do_check() {
+	make check
+}