diff --git a/srcpkgs/halfempty/template b/srcpkgs/halfempty/template
index 890765f3c7a..18136af830c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/halfempty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/halfempty/template
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'halfempty'
 pkgname=halfempty
 version=0.30
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_check_target="test"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel"
+checkdepends="words-en"
 short_desc="Fast, Parallel Testcase Minimization"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"