diff --git a/testament/important_packages.nim b/testament/important_packages.nim
index c0b4b86cf0..7514509e46 100644
--- a/testament/important_packages.nim
+++ b/testament/important_packages.nim
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pkg "lockfreequeues"
 pkg "loopfusion"
 pkg "macroutils"
 pkg "manu"
-pkg "markdown"
+pkg "markdown", "nim c -r tests/testmarkdown.nim"
 pkg "measuremancer", "nimble testDeps; nimble -y test"
 pkg "memo"
 pkg "metrics"