diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-snappy/template b/srcpkgs/python-snappy/template
index 0e9f8d6fd65..0215c0c7917 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-snappy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-snappy/template
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'python-snappy'
 pkgname=python-snappy
-version=0.5.2
+version=0.5.3
 revision=1
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="snappy"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python-devel python3-devel snappy-devel"
+checkdepends="python3-cffi"
 short_desc="Python2 bindings for the snappy compression library from Google"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/andrix/python-snappy"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2ce83e44587adbc7239589048d660a92f899eb45af4e48e73092192a8b0f0789
+checksum=8a7f803f06083d4106d55387d2daa32c12b5e376c3616b0e2da8b8a87a27d74a
+
+do_check() {
+	python3 setup.py test
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE