diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/files/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/files/run-ptest
index cf7c64949a..ee6b4326fa 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/files/run-ptest
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/files/run-ptest
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cd src/tests
-
-make check
-
+VERBOSE=1 make -C src/tests check