diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
index 010705aaec..2269f383d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=xbps-devel
 version="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
 build_style=configure
-configure_args="--prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr --sbindir=/usr/sbin --with-pie"
+configure_args="--prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr --sbindir=/usr/sbin
+--with-pie --with-tests"
 short_desc="The XBPS package system (development branch)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/xbps"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ Add_dependency build openssl-devel
 Add_dependency build libarchive-devel
 Add_dependency build libfetch-devel
 Add_dependency build confuse-devel
+Add_dependency build atf-devel
 
 do_fetch() {
 	local url="git://github.com/xtraeme/xbps"