diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsdk-examples/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsdk-examples/package.py
index bc4e00c6f4..3ca1a6d76f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsdk-examples/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xsdk-examples/package.py
@@ -92,3 +92,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             args.append('-DZLIB_LIBRARY_DIR=%s' % spec['zlib'].prefix.lib)
 
         return args
+
+    def check(self):
+        with working_dir(self.build_directory):
+            ctest(parallel=False)