diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.3.nix
index 2e412590be5..608061aceec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0.3.nix
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = true;
   checkTarget = "testall";
 
   meta = {