diff --git a/community/passt/APKBUILD b/community/passt/APKBUILD
index de230f7c3e2..8038dafbcbe 100644
--- a/community/passt/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/passt/APKBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pkgname=passt
 pkgver=2024.09.06
 _commit=6b38f07
 _tag=${pkgver//./_}.$_commit
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Plug A Simple Socket Transport"
 url="https://passt.top/"
 arch="all"
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ makedepends="coreutils-fmt linux-headers"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 source="https://passt.top/passt/snapshot/passt-$_tag.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-$_tag"
-# complicated test setup, requires qemu and a lot of VM images
-options="!check"
 
 build() {
-	make
+	make VERSION="$_tag"
+}
+
+check() {
+	# complicated test setup, requires qemu and a lot of VM images
+	# let's just at least do this
+	./passt --version
+	./pasta --version
 }
 
 package() {