diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl/template b/srcpkgs/perl/template
index c25761b26b4..47ec502fd2b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl/template
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="less"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel gdbm-devel db-devel"
 depends="less"
+checkdepends="iana-etc perl-AnyEvent perl-Test-Pod procps-ng"
 short_desc="Practical Extraction and Report Language"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Artistic-1.0-perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.perl.org"
 distfiles="https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${version}.tar.gz
@@ -194,6 +195,11 @@ do_configure() {
 	}
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	export LD="$CC"
+	TEST_JOBS=${XBPS_MAKEJOBS} make test
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/share -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 	find ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;