diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/elastix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/elastix/default.nix
index 66bde6c14e6..e5565aae29b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/elastix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/elastix/default.nix
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rev    = version;
     sha256 = "1zrl7rz4lwsx88b2shnl985f3a97lmp4ksbd437h9y0hfjq8l0lj";
   };
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake python3 ];
   buildInputs = [ itk ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preCheck = "
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/bin
+  ";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://elastix.isi.uu.nl/";
     description = "Image registration toolkit based on ITK";