diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/package.nix
index e28220062207..bb3b5a90e3d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmemcached/package.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   flex,
   cyrus_sasl,
   libevent,
+  ctestCheckHook,
+  memcached,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -27,12 +29,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
+    (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_TESTING" finalAttrs.doCheck)
     "-DENABLE_SASL=ON"
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libevent ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ cyrus_sasl ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    ctestCheckHook
+    memcached
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    "bin/memcapable"
+    "memcached_regression_lp583031"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/awesomized/libmemcached";
     changelog = "https://github.com/awesomized/libmemcached/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/ChangeLog-${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}.md";