diff --git a/dev-python/pillow/pillow-9.0.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pillow/pillow-9.0.0-r1.ebuild
index a1ac66234130a..82a914de8bf7d 100644
--- a/dev-python/pillow/pillow-9.0.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pillow/pillow-9.0.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -82,10 +82,14 @@ python_configure_all() {
 	tc-export PKG_CONFIG
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	virtx distutils-r1_src_test
+}
+
 python_test() {
 	"${EPYTHON}" selftest.py --installed || die "selftest failed with ${EPYTHON}"
 	# no:relaxed: pytest-relaxed plugin make our tests fail. deactivate if installed
-	virtx epytest -p no:relaxed
+	epytest -p no:relaxed || die "Tests failed with ${EPYTHON}"
 }
 
 python_install() {