diff --git a/srcpkgs/cbang/template b/srcpkgs/cbang/template
index 5616cbfce2b..213d348d493 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cbang/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cbang/template
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ pre_build() {
 	make_build_args+=" prefix=$DESTDIR/usr"
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	cd tests
+	touch iostreamTests/{C,Dec}ompressTest/disable
+	scons ${makejobs} CC=$CC CXX=$CXX CCFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
+		cc=$CC cxx=$CXX ccflags="$CFLAGS" \
+		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" LINKFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
+		cxxflags="$CXXFLAGS" linkflags="$LDFLAGS" \
+		RANLIB="$RANLIB" ranlib="$RANLIB" \
+		prefix=/usr destdir=${DESTDIR} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
+	./testHarness
+}
+
 pre_install() {
 	make_install_args+=" prefix=$DESTDIR/usr"
 }