diff --git a/lang/gnu-cobol/Makefile b/lang/gnu-cobol/Makefile
index cf80c265cb06..8add4f447b8a 100644
--- a/lang/gnu-cobol/Makefile
+++ b/lang/gnu-cobol/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
 # Created by: ijliao
 
 PORTNAME=	gnu-cobol
 PORTVERSION=	3.1.2
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU/gnucobol
 DISTNAME=	gnucobol-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Open-source COBOL compiler
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3 LGPL3
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgmp.so:math/gmp
 
 USES=		bdb gmake libtool ncurses tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+TEST_TARGET=	check
+TEST_ENV=	TESTSUITEFLAGS=--jobs=${MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER}
 
 INFO=		gnucobol
 DATADIR=	${PREFIX}/share/gnucobol
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 SSP_CFLAGS?=	-fstack-protector # XXX -strong fails to build
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${BDB_INCLUDE_DIR} -I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 NLS_USES=	gettext
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=nls
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|-lcurses|-lncurses|g ; \
 		s|-R$$found_dir|-Wl,-rpath,$$found_dir|g' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>