diff --git a/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-1.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-1.0.1.ebuild
index bc7739eaeec7a..1e14c85fa3987 100644
--- a/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-1.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-1.0.1.ebuild
@@ -22,3 +22,8 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-system-libs.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-api-0.14.patch
 )
+
+python_test() {
+	cd test
+	"${EPYTHON}" -m unittest reader.ReaderTest || die "tests failed"
+}