diff --git a/srcpkgs/txr/template b/srcpkgs/txr/template
index cf98d9a3cd8..4d39cf41d76 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/txr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/txr/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'txr'
 pkgname=txr
-version=186
+version=187
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 hostmakedepends="bison flex"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@yahoo.co.uk>"
 license="2-clause-BSD"
 homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/txr/"
 distfiles="http://www.kylheku.com/cgit/txr/snapshot/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=0475ee855449c1c4bcdb707c5c58a4cb3e4a1d13d6199d0c235e87285775697f
+checksum=20efde48f492260ce74d000e9bc5a9924dc13d292f198648e56b76aab5d0ea65
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --ccname="${CC}" \
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ do_configure() {
 		--platform-ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	rm -rf tests/017
+
+	make tests
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }