diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtomcrypt/template b/srcpkgs/libtomcrypt/template
index 0b0022ea11f..e8dba4de3ca 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtomcrypt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtomcrypt/template
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ do_build() {
 	fi
 	make RANLIB=$RANLIB -f makefile.shared ${makejobs}
 }
+do_check() {
+	make test
+
+	./test
+}
 do_install() {
 	make -f makefile.shared GROUP="$(whoami)" USER="$(whoami)" NODOCS=1 DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} PREFIX=/usr install
 	vman ${sourcepkg}.3