diff --git a/srcpkgs/toybox/template b/srcpkgs/toybox/template
index bdb6ad8064f..7ea2b25a81f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/toybox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/toybox/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'toybox'
 pkgname=toybox
-version=0.7.8
+version=0.8.0
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 short_desc="BSD-licensed alternative to busybox"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
 license="0BSD"
 homepage="http://www.landley.net/toybox"
 distfiles="${homepage}/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4962e16898cb3c6e2719205349c8e6749a30583618a264aa8911f9ad61d998d6
+checksum=e3ccecd9446db909437427a026c2788f2a96ac7ebc591c95b35df77f4e923956
 
 post_extract() {
 	mv toybox-${version} toybox
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} LDFLAGS="-static" toybox
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	cd toybox
+	make test
+
+	cd ../toybox-static
+	make test
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin toybox/toybox
 	vlicense toybox/LICENSE