diff --git a/sys-cluster/cilium-cli/cilium-cli-0.12.1.ebuild b/sys-cluster/cilium-cli/cilium-cli-0.12.1.ebuild
index 98a5737115558..18f32b16d93be 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/cilium-cli/cilium-cli-0.12.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/cilium-cli/cilium-cli-0.12.1.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ src_compile() {
 	emake VERSION=v${PV}
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	emake test
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	dobin cilium
 }