diff --git a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
index 8d00d59dba6..e959ecda8d0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 hostmakedepends="perl ncurses-devel"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+checkdepends="ncurses gzip"
 conflicts="chroot-texinfo>=0"
 depends="gzip perl"
 short_desc="The GNU Documentation System"
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=77774b3f4a06c20705cc2ef1c804864422e3cf95235e965b1f00a46df7da5f62
 
+do_check() {
+	make check
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info/dir
 	# Compress manually info files.