diff --git a/community/py3-k5test/APKBUILD b/community/py3-k5test/APKBUILD
index 123aef4086d6b8310bcd17c04781c41377aa76af..608bdc8e2f660a709eaa8cfd62ab847cdb3e8295 100644
--- a/community/py3-k5test/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/py3-k5test/APKBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ arch="noarch"
 license="MIT"
 depends="python3 krb5-dev krb5 krb5-server"
 makedepends="py3-setuptools"
-options="!check" # Package doesn't have tests
 source="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/k/$_pkgname/$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir"/$_pkgname-$pkgver
 
@@ -18,6 +17,11 @@ build() {
 	python3 setup.py build
 }
 
+check() {
+	# no upstream tests
+	PYTHONPATH=build/lib python3 -c "import k5test"
+}
+
 package() {
 	python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root="$pkgdir"
 }