diff --git a/dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41.ebuild b/dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41-r1.ebuild
similarity index 83%
rename from dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41.ebuild
rename to dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41-r1.ebuild
index 84306ae03a..bc00f11ab4 100644
--- a/dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/check-manifest/check-manifest-0.41-r1.ebuild
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/mgedmin/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 #install requires, is right?
 RDEPEND="
@@ -28,7 +30,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	test? (
 		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "
 
-distutils_enable_tests nose
+python_test() {
+	nosetests -v -e test_build_sdist || die
+}