diff --git a/biology/unikmer/Makefile b/biology/unikmer/Makefile
index 327bdb52446d..e7f5472aea25 100644
--- a/biology/unikmer/Makefile
+++ b/biology/unikmer/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	unikmer
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.18.3
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Toolkit for nucleic acid k-mer analysis, set operations on k-mers
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+TEST_DEPENDS=	csvtk:science/csvtk
+
 USES=		go:modules
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/shenwei356/unikmer
 GO_TARGET=	./${PORTNAME}
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
+TEST_USES=	perl5
+
+do-test: # from the benchmark section in README
+	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
+		${GO_CMD} test . -bench=Bench* -benchmem \
+			| ${GREP} Bench \
+			| perl -pe 's/\s\s+/\t/g' \
+			| csvtk cut -Ht -f 1,3-5 \
+			| csvtk add-header -t -n test,time,memory,allocs \
+			| csvtk pretty -t -r
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>