diff --git a/dev-libs/xapian/xapian-1.4.25.ebuild b/dev-libs/xapian/xapian-1.4.25.ebuild
index dc4d3f009870c..25f4dd84a0370 100644
--- a/dev-libs/xapian/xapian-1.4.25.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/xapian/xapian-1.4.25.ebuild
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ src_configure() {
 	econf "${myconf[@]}"
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	emake -Onone check
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	default
 	find "${ED}" -name "*.la" -type f -delete || die