diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-tasklib/template b/srcpkgs/python3-tasklib/template
index 3787fdc764a..6a843cd148d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-tasklib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-tasklib/template
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ version=2.4.3
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname#*-}-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
+make_check_target="tasklib/tests.py"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="task python3-tzlocal python3-pytz"
-checkdepends="$depends"
+checkdepends="${depends} python3-pytest-xdist"
 short_desc="Library for interacting with taskwarrior databases (Python3)"
 maintainer="Cullen Ross <cullenrss@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"