diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.11.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.11.x.nix
index 98b629ba8bd..663ce366c48 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.11.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.11.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, autoconf, makeWrapper, doCheck ? false}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, autoconf, makeWrapper, doCheck ? true}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "automake-1.11";