diff --git a/pkgs/development/tcl-modules/by-name/tc/tclreadline/package.nix b/pkgs/development/tcl-modules/by-name/tc/tclreadline/package.nix
index 6ba554caacf8..56e061838e97 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tcl-modules/by-name/tc/tclreadline/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tcl-modules/by-name/tc/tclreadline/package.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ mkTclDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  tclRequiresCheck = [ "tclreadline" ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "GNU readline for interactive tcl shells";
     homepage = "https://github.com/flightaware/tclreadline";