diff --git a/main/libevent/APKBUILD b/main/libevent/APKBUILD
index 3cee00568c7..0ae76a019d2 100644
--- a/main/libevent/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/libevent/APKBUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pkgdesc="An event notification library"
 url="http://libevent.org/"
 arch="all"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
+options="!check" # regression tests failed
 depends_dev="python2"
 makedepends="$depends_dev libressl-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev"
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ build() {
 	make
 }
 
+check() {
+	cd "$builddir"
+	make -j1 check
+}
+
 package() {
 	cd "$builddir"
 	make -j1 DESTDIR=$pkgdir install