diff --git a/app-misc/watchexec/watchexec-1.16.0.ebuild b/app-misc/watchexec/watchexec-1.16.0.ebuild
index 7f190dac21..ed218488f0 100644
--- a/app-misc/watchexec/watchexec-1.16.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/watchexec/watchexec-1.16.0.ebuild
@@ -132,3 +132,8 @@ src_install() {
 	insinto /usr/share/zsh/site-functions
 	newins completions/zsh _watchexec
 }
+
+src_test() {
+	cargo_src_test --manifest-path lib/Cargo.toml --lib
+	cargo_src_test --manifest-path cli/Cargo.toml
+}
diff --git a/app-misc/watchexec/watchexec-1.16.1.ebuild b/app-misc/watchexec/watchexec-1.16.1.ebuild
index 39db72f7f0..99a44d5374 100644
--- a/app-misc/watchexec/watchexec-1.16.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/watchexec/watchexec-1.16.1.ebuild
@@ -157,3 +157,8 @@ src_install() {
 	insinto /usr/share/zsh/site-functions
 	newins completions/zsh _watchexec
 }
+
+src_test() {
+	cargo_src_test --manifest-path lib/Cargo.toml --lib
+	cargo_src_test --manifest-path cli/Cargo.toml
+}