diff --git a/srcpkgs/lz4/template b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
index 31a7e03a667..311551a6507 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lz4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lz4/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ homepage="http://www.lz4.org/"
 license="2-clause-BSD, GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2ca482ea7a9bb103603108b5a7510b7592b90158c151ff50a28f1ca8389fccf6
+make_check_target="test"
 
 lz4-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"