diff --git a/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-9999.ebuild b/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-9999.ebuild
index 22527697c7c8d..4734cc555a174 100644
--- a/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-9999.ebuild
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ SRC_URI=""
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS=""
-IUSE=""
+IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND=">=net-dns/avahi-0.6.31-r2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( >=dev-libs/check-0.11 )"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default