diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index eac113d1f..0b67cf9f8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install-indep:
 	dh_auto_install
 	./run --list-dependencies 2> /dev/null | sort | tr '\n' ', ' | \
 		sed -e 's/^/plinth:Depends=/' >> debian/plinth.substvars
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	PYBUILD_SYSTEM=custom \
+	PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS="{interpreter} setup.py test" dh_auto_test