diff --git a/guix/build-system/android-ndk.scm b/guix/build-system/android-ndk.scm
index 842d983a626bc527845bd440660ea6d9c91e6a82..891fc6e042a3fc7379d56995aa0c992322bb24c4 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/android-ndk.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/android-ndk.scm
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ (define private-keywords
                         ;; Keep the standard inputs of 'gnu-build-system'
                         ,@(standard-packages)))
          (build-inputs `(("android-make-stub" ,(module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages android)) 'android-make-stub))
+                         ("googletest" ,(module-ref (resolve-interface '(gnu packages check)) 'googletest))
                          ,@native-inputs))
          (outputs outputs)
          (build android-ndk-build)
diff --git a/guix/build/android-ndk-build-system.scm b/guix/build/android-ndk-build-system.scm
index b5d4b36d308dba06bcf9d628f9589ed220c8f7dc..86d0858488b49b44f10bdb782183c5d1bf5b70a2 100644
--- a/guix/build/android-ndk-build-system.scm
+++ b/guix/build/android-ndk-build-system.scm
@@ -68,11 +68,15 @@ (define* (install #:key inputs outputs (make-flags '()) #:allow-other-keys)
         (copy-recursively "include" (string-append out "/include")))
     #t))
 
-(define* (check #:key inputs outputs tests? (make-flags '()) #:allow-other-keys)
-  ;; TODO: Also handle root-level tests.
-  (when (and (file-exists? "tests") tests?)
-    (with-directory-excursion "tests"
-      (apply invoke "make" "check" make-flags))))
+(define* (check #:key target inputs outputs (tests? (not target)) (make-flags '()) #:allow-other-keys)
+  (if tests?
+      (begin
+        (apply invoke "make" "check" make-flags)
+        (when (and (file-exists? "tests") tests?)
+          (with-directory-excursion "tests"
+            (apply invoke "make" "check" make-flags))))
+      (format #t "test suite not run~%"))
+  #t)
 
 (define %standard-phases
   (modify-phases gnu:%standard-phases