diff --git a/main/logrotate/APKBUILD b/main/logrotate/APKBUILD
index a883c2e90cc..7c08db3dc9f 100644
--- a/main/logrotate/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/logrotate/APKBUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ url="https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate"
 arch="all"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 makedepends="popt-dev autoconf automake libtool"
+checkdepends="coreutils"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc $pkgname-openrc"
 source="$url/releases/download/$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	logrotate.cron
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ build() {
 	make
 }
 
+check() {
+	make check
+}
+
 package() {
 	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install