diff --git a/srcpkgs/totem/template b/srcpkgs/totem/template
index c3e8c0911ba..bccea7f2a7c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/totem/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/totem/template
@@ -12,21 +12,19 @@ makedepends="clutter-gst3-devel clutter-gtk-devel dbus-glib-devel
  gst-plugins-ugly1 libSM-devel libXtst-devel libepc-devel libpeas-devel
  nautilus-devel zeitgeist-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel"
 depends="grilo-plugins gst-libav gst-plugins-good1 gst-plugins-ugly1 tracker3"
+checkdepends="xvfb-run"
 short_desc="GNOME integrated movie player based on Gstreamer"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.0-or-later, GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Videos"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=fce562e2b26cbcfc0c678538dcc81f9dc15ce60d5a89ee4358907bf634304c40
+make_check_pre="xvfb-run"
 
 # XXX xulrunner plugin.
 # XXX reenable python plugin if pylint pkg exists.
 #pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/totem/plugins"
 
-do_check() {
-	:
-}
-
 libtotem_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
 	pkg_install() {