diff --git a/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-2.8.3.bep b/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-2.8.3.bep
index 261c0631a..2ff868cd4 100644
--- a/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-2.8.3.bep
+++ b/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-2.8.3.bep
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ BUILD {
 	chmod 755 configure
 	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
 	make
-	#make check
 }
 
 INSTALL {
@@ -22,5 +21,10 @@ INSTALL {
 	make install
 }
 
+TEST { 
+        cd libarchive-2.8.3 
+        make check 
+}
+
 LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
 COPYRIGHT="2003-2009 Tim Kientzle"