diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bea94c7..1be2cf4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  autotools-dev,
  debhelper (>= 9),
  dh-autoreconf,
+ qemu-user-static [amd64] <!nocheck>,
 Standards-Version: 4.1.3
 Homepage: http://jerasure.org/
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/openstack-team/third-party/gf-complete.git
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d5809b2..2edd5ff 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- --disable-sse --disable-neon
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH), amd64)
+ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	dh_auto_test
+	./libtool --mode=execute qemu-x86_64-static -cpu qemu64,-sse3,-ssse3,-sse4.1,-sse4.2 ./test/gf_unit 64 A -1 -
+	./libtool --mode=execute qemu-x86_64-static -cpu qemu64,+sse3,-ssse3,-sse4.1,-sse4.2 ./test/gf_unit 64 A -1 -
+	./libtool --mode=execute qemu-x86_64-static -cpu qemu64,+sse3,+ssse3,-sse4.1,-sse4.2 ./test/gf_unit 64 A -1 -
+	./libtool --mode=execute qemu-x86_64-static -cpu qemu64,+sse3,+ssse3,+sse4.1,-sse4.2 ./test/gf_unit 64 A -1 -
+	./libtool --mode=execute qemu-x86_64-static -cpu qemu64,+sse3,+ssse3,+sse4.1,+sse4.2 ./test/gf_unit 64 A -1 -
+endif
+endif
+
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install
 	# NOTE(jamespage): Don't ship example binaries, just the actual tools