diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/alttab/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/alttab/default.nix
index ecafd25bf7df..591edff2add7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/alttab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/alttab/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, pkg-config, ronn, libpng, uthash
-, xorg }:
+{ lib, stdenv, coreutils, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, pkg-config, procps, ronn,
+libpng, uthash , which, xnee, xorg, python3Packages }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.6.0";
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    coreutils
+    procps
+    python3Packages.xvfbwrapper
+    which
+    xnee
+    xorg.xeyes
+    xorg.xprop
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sagb/alttab";
     description = "X11 window switcher designed for minimalistic window managers or standalone X11 session";