diff --git a/science/py-scikit-learn/Makefile b/science/py-scikit-learn/Makefile
index 1e77e50ed73c..3fb44ba9428f 100644
--- a/science/py-scikit-learn/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-scikit-learn/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	scikit-learn
 DISTVERSION=	1.7.2
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	scikit_learn-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Machine learning algorithms for python
 WWW=		https://scikit-learn.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}joblib>=1.3.0:devel/py-joblib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.10.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}threadpoolctl>=3.2.0:devel/py-threadpoolctl@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}meson-python>=0.17.1:devel/meson-python@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		fortran python localbase shebangfix
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython3 pep517
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython3 pep517 pytest
+
+TEST_ARGS=	sklearn
+TEST_WRKSRC=	${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	sklearn/_build_utils/version.py
 
 post-install: # strip binaries
 	@${STRIP_CMD} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sklearn/*.cpython*.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sklearn/*/*.cpython*.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/sklearn/*/*/*.cpython*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>