diff --git a/srcpkgs/sed/template b/srcpkgs/sed/template
index caea93ba881..b78ce4477ee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sed/template
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ post_extract() {
 	# dont regenerate the man page with help2man...
 	sed -i 's|\(^doc/sed.1:\).*$|\1|' Makefile.in
 }
+
+do_check() {
+	make check
+}