diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpg_query/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpg_query/default.nix
index 95d615c5d24..1335eb3579d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpg_query/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpg_query/default.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ which ];
 
-  makeFlags = [ "build" ];
+  makeFlags = [ "build" "build_shared" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     install -Dm644 -t $out/lib libpg_query.a
     install -Dm644 -t $out/include pg_query.h
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/lib libpg_query${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkTarget = "test";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/pganalyze/libpg_query";
     description = "C library for accessing the PostgreSQL parser outside of the server environment";