diff --git a/srcpkgs/zlib/template b/srcpkgs/zlib/template
index cb7f9b88eab..fe2980f9883 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zlib/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ do_configure() {
 	LDFLAGS= LDSHAREDLIBC= ./configure --prefix=/usr --shared
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	make check
+}
+
 zlib-devel_package() {
 	depends="zlib>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"