diff --git a/srcpkgs/ethtool/template b/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
index 02e3bbc1cf2..c493aed5a0d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ethtool/template
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ homepage="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=b7c1a380007d30eaf261a63b3cfc000f9d93f9eb7626dcd48b5d2a733af99cba
+
+do_check() {
+	make check
+}