diff --git a/dev-python/littleutils/littleutils-0.2.2.ebuild b/dev-python/littleutils/littleutils-0.2.2.ebuild
index 4ad8f48f290a9..0bea1124ffdda 100644
--- a/dev-python/littleutils/littleutils-0.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/littleutils/littleutils-0.2.2.ebuild
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+python_test() {
+	"${EPYTHON}" -m doctest -v ${PN}/__init__.py || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
+}