diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpsolve/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpsolve/package.nix
index 1ea5a0888f5d..13a1e9ea8576 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpsolve/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpsolve/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   fetchpatch,
   autoreconfHook,
   bison,
+  check,
   flex,
   gitUpdater,
   gmp,
@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkInputs = [ check ];
+
+  checkTarget = "check";
+
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
 
   meta = {