diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index b170ef13..8c20420c 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ build_script:
     msbuild check.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Release /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll"
 
     msbuild PACKAGE.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Release /logger:"C:\Program Files\AppVeyor\BuildAgent\Appveyor.MSBuildLogger.dll"
+
+    .\Release\testlight.exe
 artifacts:
 - path: cmakebuild\*.zip
 deploy:
diff --git a/build-linux-64.sh b/build-linux-64.sh
index 4ca110b1..1c1f2c81 100755
--- a/build-linux-64.sh
+++ b/build-linux-64.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ wget https://github.com/embree/embree/releases/download/v2.14.0/embree-2.14.0.x8
 tar xf embree.tgz
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Dembree_DIR="$(pwd)/embree-2.14.0.x86_64.linux/lib/cmake/embree-2.14.0"
 make -j8 VERBOSE=1
+make -j8 VERBOSE=1 check
 cpack
 
+# run tests
+./testlight/testlight || exit 1
+
 # check rpath
 readelf -d ./light/light
 unzip -X tyrutils-*.zip
diff --git a/build-osx.sh b/build-osx.sh
index 16e8888b..3271f8d7 100755
--- a/build-osx.sh
+++ b/build-osx.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ tar xf "$EMBREE_TGZ_NAME"
 EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR="$(pwd)/$EMBREE_DIR_NAME/lib/cmake/$EMBREE_WITH_VERSION"
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Dembree_DIR="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR"
 make -j8
+make -j8 check
 cpack
 
+# run tests
+./testlight/testlight || exit 1