diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 YARN ?= yarn
 PYTHON ?= python3
-
+TEST_DIRS := ./swh/search/tests
 
 ts-install: package.json
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py ts_install
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@
 
 ts-build: ts-build-so ts-build-wasm
 	@echo 'Build completed'
+
+test: ts-build-so