diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
index c4d7e2ddd783..0ea8f52be4ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
@@ -165,10 +165,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     meson configure -Db_pgo=generate
     ninja
     # make sure there is _some_ profiling data on all binaries
+    meson test
     ./footclient --version
     ./foot --version
     ./utils/xtgettcap
-    ./tests/test-config
     # generate pgo data of wayland independent code
     ./pgo ${stimuliFile} ${stimuliFile} ${stimuliFile}
     meson configure -Db_pgo=use
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     moveToOutput share/foot/themes "$themes"
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   strictDeps = true;
 
   outputs = [ "out" "terminfo" "themes" ];