diff --git a/srcpkgs/cawbird/template b/srcpkgs/cawbird/template
index 651b7b32f5..a307ed212e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cawbird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cawbird/template
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'cawbird'
 pkgname=cawbird
 version=1.3.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="glib-devel pkg-config vala"
 makedepends="gspell-devel gst-plugins-base1-devel gtk+3-devel
  json-glib-devel libglib-devel liboauth-devel libsoup-devel rest-devel
  sqlite-devel"
+checkdepends="xvfb-run"
 short_desc="Native Gtk+ Twitter client for the Linux desktop"
-maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"
+maintainer="Paper <paper@tilde.institute>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://ibboard.co.uk/cawbird/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/IBBoard/cawbird/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=20dd01b1b93f2608bbf6a83d5e4589927f875eff111a11366283b121c6136de7
 
-make_check=no # needs xorg and installed schemas
+do_check() {
+	mkdir -p "$HOME/.config"
+	cd build
+	GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=data/ GSETTINGS_BACKEND='memory' xvfb-run meson test
+}