diff --git a/community/R/APKBUILD b/community/R/APKBUILD
index 4408085f64b..1539d0a2a34 100644
--- a/community/R/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/R/APKBUILD
@@ -85,10 +85,29 @@ build() {
 	make -C src/nmath/standalone
 }
 
-# TODO: Run provided test suite.
 check() {
-	./bin/R --version
-	./bin/R --slave --vanilla -e 'print("Hello, world!")'
+	# Try running R (and also aid debugging).
+	./bin/R --vanilla -s -e 'sessionInfo(); R_compiled_by(); str(.Machine)'
+
+	case "$CARCH" in
+		# A (non-portable) numerical regression test currently (R 4.4.0)
+		# fails on the aarch64 and s390x runners.
+		# Run at least two basic test suites:
+		aarch64 | s390x)
+			make -C tests test-Examples && make -C tests test-Specific || {
+				tail -v -n 42 tests/*.fail; exit 1
+			}
+		;;
+		*)
+			make check || {
+				tail -v -n 42 tests/*.fail; exit 1
+			}
+		;;
+	esac
+
+	# NOTE: EST5EDT-related differences reported for datetime.Rout are known
+	# (see <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2024-March/058740.html>
+	# or also <https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16843#c12>)
 }
 
 package() {