diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cppcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cppcheck/default.nix
index 302b7ae3bbfe..372e6dee806d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cppcheck/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cppcheck/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   postInstall = ''
     make DB2MAN=${docbook_xsl}/xml/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl man
     mkdir -p $man/share/man/man1