diff --git a/srcpkgs/ripgrep/template b/srcpkgs/ripgrep/template
index 8b2eb5b1029..b5f7813e8ff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ripgrep/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ripgrep/template
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ nocross=yes
 do_build() {
 	cargo build --release
 }
+
+do_check() {
+	cargo test --release
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin target/release/rg
 	vlicense LICENSE-MIT