diff --git a/srcpkgs/elixir/template b/srcpkgs/elixir/template
index a140ac2c17..eb118bc4e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elixir/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elixir/template
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ pkgname=elixir
 version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_check_target="test"
 hostmakedepends="erlang"
 depends="erlang"
+checkdepends="git"
 short_desc="Functional, concurrent, general-purpose programming language"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="Apache-2.0"