diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/he/hello/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/he/hello/package.nix
index 0590131913f46..e2f6821d5e3f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/he/hello/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/he/hello/package.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "hello";
   version = "2.12.1";
 
+  test = 1;
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/hello/hello-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
     hash = "sha256-jZkUKv2SV28wsM18tCqNxoCZmLxdYH2Idh9RLibH2yA=";