diff --git a/srcpkgs/gopass/template b/srcpkgs/gopass/template
index 23fbd5984d5..cc6cd331afd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gopass/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gopass/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=github.com/gopasspw/gopass
 go_package="${go_import_path}"
+make_check_target="./tests"
 depends="gnupg>=2 git"
 checkdepends="gnupg git age"
 short_desc="Slightly more awesome standard unix password manager for teams"
@@ -14,11 +15,9 @@ homepage="https://www.gopass.pw/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gopasspw/gopass/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=47a2a735fc94064c3eb53c400f15c39b543bdb01753537da39403d12dddc03ea
-export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie"
+make_check_pre="GOPASS_BINARY=${GOPATH}/bin/gopass"
 
-do_check() {
-	GOPASS_BINARY=${GOPATH}/bin/gopass go test -v ./tests
-}
+export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie"
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE