diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
index 4671a131744..5e9e8a186bb 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ show_pkg_build_depends() {
 }
 
 show_pkg_build_deps() {
-    show_pkg_build_depends "${makedepends} $(setup_pkg_depends '' 1 1)" "${hostmakedepends}"
+    local build_depends="${makedepends} $(setup_pkg_depends '' 1 1)"
+    skip_check_step || build_depends+=" ${checkdepends}"
+    show_pkg_build_depends "${build_depends}" "${hostmakedepends}"
 }
 
 show_pkg_hostmakedepends() {
@@ -127,6 +129,10 @@ show_pkg_makedepends() {
     show_pkg_build_depends "${makedepends}" ""
 }
 
+show_pkg_checkdepends() {
+    show_pkg_build_depends "${checkdepends}" ""
+}
+
 show_pkg_build_options() {
     local f
 
diff --git a/xbps-src b/xbps-src
index 97ca0bc5564..8c104dfcf4e 100755
--- a/xbps-src
+++ b/xbps-src
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ show-avail <pkgname>
 show-build-deps <pkgname>
     Show required build dependencies for <pkgname>.
 
+show-check-deps <pkgname>
+    Show required check dependencies for <pkgname>.
+
 show-deps <pkgname>
     Show required run-time dependencies for <pkgname>. Package must be
     installed into destdir.
@@ -904,6 +907,10 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET" in
         read_pkg ignore-problems
         show_pkg_makedepends
         ;;
+    show-checkdepends)
+        read_pkg ignore-problems
+        show_pkg_checkdepends
+        ;;
     show-pkg-var-dump)
         read_pkg ignore-problems
         for sub_name in $subpackages; do