diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/Makefile b/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/Makefile
index d16261571f..cfe4ab1b8b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/Makefile
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ uninstall:
 clean distclean maintainer-clean:
 	rm -f pg_verify_checksums$(X) $(OBJS)
 	rm -rf tmp_check
+
+check:
+	$(prove_check)
+
+installcheck:
+	$(prove_installcheck)
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/010_pg_verify_checksums.pl b/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/010_pg_verify_checksums.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6d535d76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/010_pg_verify_checksums.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Cwd;
+use Config;
+use PostgresNode;
+use TestLib;
+use Test::More tests => 10;
+
+program_help_ok('pg_verify_checksums');
+program_version_ok('pg_verify_checksums');
+program_options_handling_ok('pg_verify_checksums');
+
+my $node = get_new_node('main');
+
+# Set umask so test directories and files are created with default permissions
+umask(0077);
+
+# Initialize node without replication settings
+$node->init(extra => ['--data-checksums']);
+
+# Verify checksums of fresh node
+$node->command_ok(['pg_verify_checksums', '-D', $node->data_dir()]);
+
+# Cause some corruption in pg_proc
+open my $file, '+<', $node->data_dir() . "/base/1/1255";
+seek($file, 131, 0);
+syswrite($file, '\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0');
+seek($file, 15721, 0);
+syswrite($file, '\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0');
+close $file;
+
+# Verify that checksums are now broken
+$node->command_fails(['pg_verify_checksums', '-D', $node->data_dir()]);