diff --git a/main/userspace-rcu/APKBUILD b/main/userspace-rcu/APKBUILD
index 4a73108dc05..4de96c8257b 100644
--- a/main/userspace-rcu/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/userspace-rcu/APKBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ makedepends="$depends_dev bash perl perl-utils"
 install=""
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc"
 source="http://lttng.org/files/urcu/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2"
-
 builddir="$srcdir"/$pkgname-$pkgver
 
 build() {
@@ -29,6 +28,10 @@ build() {
 		--localstatedir=/var \
 		|| return 1
 	make || return 1
+}
+
+check() {
+	cd "$builddir"
 	make check || return 1
 }