diff --git a/dev-python/ttystatus/ttystatus-0.35.ebuild b/dev-python/ttystatus/ttystatus-0.35.ebuild
index 7549ff37d0089..5c97f4dd32c3d 100644
--- a/dev-python/ttystatus/ttystatus-0.35.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ttystatus/ttystatus-0.35.ebuild
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
 IUSE=""
+
+python_test() {
+	"${EPYTHON}" -m unittest discover -v -p '*_tests.py' || die
+}