diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-mpd2/template b/srcpkgs/python-mpd2/template
index cecf3ddbfa..e5900c05e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-mpd2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-mpd2/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ noarch=yes
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="mpd"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
+checkdepends="python-Twisted python-mock"
 depends="python"
 short_desc="Python2 MPD client library"
 maintainer="Jens E. Becker <v2px@v2px.de>"
@@ -15,9 +16,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/Mic92/python-mpd2/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=877fa1685a56815107cb0b1eb004e7fe261b620fafd4d38cdaa2b6f3edd35928
 
 do_check() {
-	# Requires Twisted but fails to detect system installed one, downloads it from PYPI
-	# and tries to compile it
-	:
+	python2 -m unittest mpd.tests
 }
 
 python3-mpd2_package() {