diff --git a/ports-mgmt/packagekit/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/packagekit/Makefile
index 14a9f496390c..9a8fb34ed705 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/packagekit/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/packagekit/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	PackageKit
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.2
 CATEGORIES=	ports-mgmt sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/releases/
 
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	DBUS packaging abstraction layer
 WWW=		https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/share/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl:textproc/docbook-xsl \
 		vapigen:lang/vala \
 		xsltproc:textproc/libxslt
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libpolkit-gobject-1.so:sysutils/polkit \
 		libpkg.so:${PKG_ORIGIN}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	console-kit-daemon:sysutils/consolekit2
 
 USES=		cpe gettext gnome meson pkgconfig \
 		python shebangfix sqlite:3 tar:xz
 
 USE_GNOME=	gtk30 glib20 intltool introspection
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	packagekit_project
-SHEBANG_FILES=	contrib/cron/packagekit-background.cron
+SHEBANG_FILES=	contrib/cron/packagekit-background.cron \
+		tests/data/pk-spawn-test-sigquit.py \
+		tests/data/pk-spawn-dispatcher.py
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Dsysconfdir=${PREFIX}/etc \
 		-Dpackaging_backend=freebsd -Dsystemd=false -Doffline_update=false \
 		-Dbash_completion=false -Dbash_command_not_found=false \
 		-Dgstreamer_plugin=false
 
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	LOCAL_CHECKOUT
+
+LOCAL_CHECKOUT_DESC=		Support running tests (not for production use)
+LOCAL_CHECKOUT_TEST_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
+LOCAL_CHECKOUT_MESON_TRUE=	local_checkout
+
 post-install:
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}/var/lib/PackageKit/transactions.db ${STAGEDIR}/var/lib/PackageKit/transactions.db.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>