diff --git a/srcpkgs/stow/template b/srcpkgs/stow/template
index c1ead59af0e..09b80bb6a33 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/stow/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/stow/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl-Stow"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+checkdepends="perl-Test-Output perl-IO-stringy"
 depends="${makedepends}"
 short_desc="GNU Stow is a symlink manager"
 maintainer="Martin Harrigan <martinharrigan@gmail.com>"
@@ -13,3 +14,4 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e2f77649301b215b9adbc2f074523bedebad366812690b9dc94457af5cf273df
+make_check_target="test"