diff --git a/srcpkgs/util-linux/template b/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
index ac89328d2f5..706e2f2ed53 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 short_desc="Miscellaneous linux utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/"
+checkdepends="ncurses" # Some tests require terminfo-entries
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/${pkgname}/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=f9be7cdcf4fc5c5064a226599acdda6bdf3d86c640152ba01ea642d91108dc8a
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ do_configure() {
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs}
 }
+do_check() {
+	make -k check
+}
 do_install() {
 	make usrsbin_execdir=/usr/bin DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install