diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template b/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
index 20c0784b7ed..802990f7671 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbytesize/template
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'libbytesize'
 pkgname=libbytesize
 version=1.3
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="python3"
 makedepends="mpfr-devel pcre-devel"
+checkdepends="python3-six python-six"
 short_desc="A library for operations with sizes in bytes"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
@@ -12,9 +13,11 @@ homepage="https://github.com/storaged-project/libbytesize"
 distfiles="https://github.com/storaged-project/libbytesize/releases/download/${version}/libbytesize-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d1991726a67ee44e4c9b3deaba5bbacd5392d3364439efce08060abc45edf5d0
 
-do_check() {
-	# broken, one depends on systemd
-	:
+pre_check() {
+	# Disable test that depends on unpackaged pocketlint
+	sed -i 's|canary_tests.sh$||g' tests/Makefile
+	# Default locale doesn't work
+	sed -i 's|DEFAULT_LOCALE =.*|DEFAULT_LOCALE = "C"|g' tests/libbytesize_unittest.py
 }
 
 libbytesize-devel_package() {