diff --git a/sys-apps/polychromatic/polychromatic-0.9.1.ebuild b/sys-apps/polychromatic/polychromatic-0.9.1.ebuild
index 19e9c50db521a..17566f06c6804 100644
--- a/sys-apps/polychromatic/polychromatic-0.9.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/polychromatic/polychromatic-0.9.1.ebuild
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ DOC_CONTENTS="To automatically start up Polychromatic on session login copy
 /usr/share/polychromatic/polychromatic-autostart.desktop file into Your user's
 ~/.config/autostart/ directory."
 
+src_test() {
+	rm -rf "locale" || die
+	ln -svf "${BUILD_DIR}/locale" "locale" || die
+	PYTHONPATH="tests:${PYTHONPATH}" "${EPYTHON}" "tests/runner.py" || die
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	meson_src_install
 	python_optimize
diff --git a/sys-apps/polychromatic/polychromatic-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/polychromatic/polychromatic-9999.ebuild
index 19e9c50db521a..17566f06c6804 100644
--- a/sys-apps/polychromatic/polychromatic-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/polychromatic/polychromatic-9999.ebuild
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ DOC_CONTENTS="To automatically start up Polychromatic on session login copy
 /usr/share/polychromatic/polychromatic-autostart.desktop file into Your user's
 ~/.config/autostart/ directory."
 
+src_test() {
+	rm -rf "locale" || die
+	ln -svf "${BUILD_DIR}/locale" "locale" || die
+	PYTHONPATH="tests:${PYTHONPATH}" "${EPYTHON}" "tests/runner.py" || die
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	meson_src_install
 	python_optimize