diff --git a/srcpkgs/txr/template b/srcpkgs/txr/template
index 4d39cf41d76..a42bf9904e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/txr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/txr/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'txr'
 pkgname=txr
-version=187
+version=188
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 hostmakedepends="bison flex"
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ maintainer="Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@yahoo.co.uk>"
 license="2-clause-BSD"
 homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/txr/"
 distfiles="http://www.kylheku.com/cgit/txr/snapshot/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=20efde48f492260ce74d000e9bc5a9924dc13d292f198648e56b76aab5d0ea65
+checksum=4fd3ce7bc91ad9e27c664e26f0a1d291ba6d559b00f92d12ad07918be4814c36
+make_check_target="tests"
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --ccname="${CC}" \
@@ -17,10 +18,8 @@ do_configure() {
 		--platform-ldflags="${LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
-do_check() {
+pre_check() {
 	rm -rf tests/017
-
-	make tests
 }
 
 post_install() {