diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
index 9bd8890e713..87f5bb052f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/conky/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { config, lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, cmake
 
 # dependencies
-, glib, libXinerama
+, glib, libXinerama, catch2
 
 # optional features without extra dependencies
 , mpdSupport          ? true
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's/ Example: .*$//' doc/config_settings.xml
 
     substituteInPlace cmake/Conky.cmake --replace "# set(RELEASE true)" "set(RELEASE true)"
+
+    cp ${catch2}/include/catch2/catch.hpp tests/catch2/catch.hpp
   '';
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s";
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # src/conky.cc:137:23: fatal error: defconfig.h: No such file or directory
   enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://conky.sourceforge.net/";
     description = "Advanced, highly configurable system monitor based on torsmo";