diff --git a/testing/detox/APKBUILD b/testing/detox/APKBUILD
index 7f5edd75192..cc537afc9ac 100644
--- a/testing/detox/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/detox/APKBUILD
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ url="https://github.com/dharple/detox"
 arch="all"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 makedepends="autoconf automake coreutils libtool"
+checkdepends="bash check-dev musl-locales"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
-options="!check" # no upstream/available test-suite
-source="detox-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/dharple/detox/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
+source="detox-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/dharple/detox/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz
+	tests.patch
+	"
 
 prepare() {
 	default_prepare
@@ -23,14 +25,20 @@ build() {
 		--sysconfdir=/etc \
 		--infodir=/usr/share/info \
 		--mandir=/usr/share/man \
-		--datadir=/usr/share
+		--datadir=/usr/share \
+		$(want_check && echo --with-check)
 	make
 }
 
+check() {
+	make check
+}
+
 package() {
 	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
 }
 
 sha512sums="
 a52e0f66caedce03d442dfe1f4b2f1db991c20dbc22b975c106266f1b5edcf653b22b166bbcae908c549371296c732898655002b3b95929fab5f4c03a526118f  detox-2.0.0.tar.gz
+9bd6c7e5637952c049eaf1fc2ef5632d94068407dea2aecaed8784f0ac864b81805d5dd167205ec239e71080fa0c80fb1ae3561367b414cb0913284b6e331fcf  tests.patch
 "
diff --git a/testing/detox/tests.patch b/testing/detox/tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..041ecf846b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/detox/tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+
+test_table_resize.template:118:21: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
+  118 |                     ck_assert_msg(check != NULL, message);
+      |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+--- a/tests/unit/test_table_resize.c
++++ b/tests/unit/test_table_resize.c
+@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
+ static char *table_filename = "fixtures/test_table_resize.tbl";
+ 
+ #define HEADER_LEN 256
+-#define MESSAGE_LEN 1024
+ 
+ START_TEST(test_table_resize)
+ {
+@@ -70,13 +69,11 @@
+     table_t *new_table;
+     char *check;
+     char *header;
+-    char *message;
+     int i, j;
+     int size;
+     int use_hash;
+ 
+     header = malloc(HEADER_LEN);
+-    message = malloc(MESSAGE_LEN);
+ 
+     for (use_hash = 0; use_hash <= 1; use_hash++) {
+         table = parse_table(table_filename);
+@@ -115,22 +112,17 @@
+ #ifdef DEBUG
+                 printf("\t0x%04x -> \"%s\"\n", values[j].value, check);
+ #endif
+-                snprintf(
+-                    message,
+-                    MESSAGE_LEN,
++
++                ck_assert_msg(
++                    values[j].expected != NULL ?
++                        check != NULL && strcmp(check, values[j].expected) == 0 :
++                        check == NULL,
+                     "%s, value = 0x%04X, expected = %s, output = %s",
+                     header,
+                     values[j].value,
+                     values[j].expected,
+                     check
+                 );
+-
+-                if (values[j].expected != NULL) {
+-                    ck_assert_msg(check != NULL, message);
+-                    ck_assert_msg(strcmp(check, values[j].expected) == 0, message);
+-                } else {
+-                    ck_assert_msg(check == NULL, message);
+-                }
+             }
+         }
+