diff --git a/community/arpack/APKBUILD b/community/arpack/APKBUILD
index 009c1b1cd4f02b5a152598cf0762f0e27799e229..841225ac149d6d3e2d6615d0ae0fc4d26786b5bf 100644
--- a/community/arpack/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/arpack/APKBUILD
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ _build() {
 	make
 }
 
+check() {
+	cd "$builddir"
+	make check
+}
+
 package() {
 	if [ "$_ilp64" = yes ]; then
 		make -C "$_builddir64" DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install