diff --git a/dev-R/httpuv/httpuv-1.6.5.ebuild b/dev-R/httpuv/httpuv-1.6.5.ebuild
index c8350a27ba..53999fa4aa 100644
--- a/dev-R/httpuv/httpuv-1.6.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/httpuv/httpuv-1.6.5.ebuild
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ inherit R-packages
 DESCRIPTION='HTTP and WebSocket Server Library'
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 LICENSE='GPL-2+'
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+IUSE="test"
 
 DEPEND="
 	>=dev-R/Rcpp-1.0.7
@@ -15,6 +17,12 @@ DEPEND="
 	dev-R/promises
 	>=dev-R/later-0.8.0
 	sys-libs/zlib
+	test? (
+		dev-R/testthat
+		dev-R/callr
+		dev-R/curl
+		dev-R/websocket
+	)
 "
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
@@ -23,3 +31,9 @@ SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/curl
 	dev-R/websocket
 "
+
+src_test() {
+        cd "${WORKDIR}/${P}/tests"
+        NOT_CRAN=true R_LIBS="${T}/R" edo Rscript --vanilla testthat.R
+}
+