diff --git a/sci-mathematics/nestedsums/nestedsums-1.5.1.ebuild b/sci-mathematics/nestedsums/nestedsums-1.5.1.ebuild
index 44b4c511193db..dda14ea4f26fd 100644
--- a/sci-mathematics/nestedsums/nestedsums-1.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-mathematics/nestedsums/nestedsums-1.5.1.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ src_compile() {
 	fi
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	emake check
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
 	rm -f "${D}"usr/lib/*.la