diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.7.bep b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.7.bep
index 5464735e1..61772d902 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.7.bep
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.7.bep
@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ INSTALL {
 	cd libxml2-2.7.7
 	make install
 }
+
+TEST {
+	cd libxml2-2.7.7
+	make tests
+}
+
 LICENSE="MIT"
 COPYRIGHT="1998-2003 Daniel Veillard.  All Rights Reserved."
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
index 037d33e35..7257a7571 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.bep
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
 SRC_URI="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.7.8.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="8127a65e8c3b08856093099b52599c86"
 REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+STATUS_HAIKU="broken"
 DEPEND=""
 BUILD {
 	cd libxml2-2.7.8
@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ INSTALL {
 	cd libxml2-2.7.8
 	make install
 }
+
+TEST {
+	cd libxml2-2.7.8
+	make tests
+}
+
 LICENSE="MIT"
 COPYRIGHT="1998-2003 Daniel Veillard.  All Rights Reserved."