diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
index 6070087008e..c1cd4b42a02 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   configureFlags = "CPPFLAGS=-DNDEBUG CFLAGS=-O3 CXXFLAGS=-O3";
   dontPatchELF = true;
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://ledger-cli.org/";