diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt-python3/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt-python3/template
index 1b43577da26..672cca09e74 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt-python3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt-python3/template
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ wrksrc="libvirt-python-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-devel libvirt-devel libapparmor-devel"
 makedepends="libvirt-devel python3-devel"
-checkdepends="python3-lxml python3-nose"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-lxml python3-nose"
 short_desc="Libvirt virtualization API Python3 binding"
 maintainer="Helmut Pozimski <helmut@pozimski.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://pypi.org/project/libvirt-python/"
 distfiles="https://libvirt.org/sources/python/libvirt-python-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8535cffa5fbf05185648f9f57a2f71899c3bc12c897d320351c53725a48e5359
+
+do_check() {
+	PYTHONPATH="$(cd build/lib.* && pwd)" pytest
+}