diff --git i/GNUmakefile.in w/GNUmakefile.in
index f3c5fe5..79b0da4 100644
--- i/GNUmakefile.in
+++ w/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ check: all
 check installcheck installcheck-parallel:
 	$(MAKE) -C src/test $@
 
-# TODO: add contrib
-$(call recurse,check-world,src/test src/pl src/interfaces/ecpg,check)
+$(call recurse,check-world,src/test src/pl src/interfaces/ecpg contrib,check)
 
 $(call recurse,installcheck-world,src/test src/pl src/interfaces/ecpg contrib,installcheck)
 
diff --git i/contrib/earthdistance/Makefile w/contrib/earthdistance/Makefile
index 49f6e66..48a7cf8 100644
--- i/contrib/earthdistance/Makefile
+++ w/contrib/earthdistance/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EXTENSION = earthdistance
 DATA = earthdistance--1.0.sql earthdistance--unpackaged--1.0.sql
 
 REGRESS = earthdistance
+REGRESS_OPTS = --extra-install=contrib/cube
 
 LDFLAGS_SL += $(filter -lm, $(LIBS))
 
diff --git i/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk w/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk
index 87ade0a..44b0603 100644
--- i/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk
+++ w/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk
@@ -281,13 +281,10 @@ endif
 installcheck: submake
 	$(pg_regress_installcheck) $(REGRESS_OPTS) $(REGRESS)
 
-# in-tree test doesn't work yet (no way to install my shared library)
-#check: all submake
-#	$(pg_regress_check) $(REGRESS_OPTS) $(REGRESS)
-check:
-	@echo "'make check' is not supported."
-	@echo "Do 'make install', then 'make installcheck' instead."
-	@exit 1
+ifndef PGXS
+check: all submake
+	$(pg_regress_check) --extra-install=$(subdir) $(REGRESS_OPTS) $(REGRESS)
+endif
 endif # REGRESS
 
 
diff --git i/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c w/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
index 5fe3724..9d894f8 100644
--- i/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
+++ w/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static bool port_specified_by_user = false;
 static char *dlpath = PKGLIBDIR;
 static char *user = NULL;
 static _stringlist *extraroles = NULL;
+static _stringlist *extra_install = NULL;
 
 /* internal variables */
 static const char *progname;
@@ -1894,6 +1895,7 @@ help(void)
 	printf(_("  --top-builddir=DIR        (relative) path to top level build directory\n"));
 	printf(_("  --port=PORT               start postmaster on PORT\n"));
 	printf(_("  --temp-config=PATH        append contents of PATH to temporary config\n"));
+	printf(_("  --extra-install=DIR       additional directory to install (e.g., contrib\n"));
 	printf(_("\n"));
 	printf(_("Options for using an existing installation:\n"));
 	printf(_("  --host=HOST               use postmaster running on HOST\n"));
@@ -1941,6 +1943,7 @@ regression_main(int argc, char *argv[], init_function ifunc, test_function tfunc
 		{"use-existing", no_argument, NULL, 20},
 		{"launcher", required_argument, NULL, 21},
 		{"load-extension", required_argument, NULL, 22},
+		{"extra-install", required_argument, NULL, 23},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
 
@@ -2040,6 +2043,9 @@ regression_main(int argc, char *argv[], init_function ifunc, test_function tfunc
 			case 22:
 				add_stringlist_item(&loadextension, optarg);
 				break;
+			case 23:
+				add_stringlist_item(&extra_install, optarg);
+				break;
 			default:
 				/* getopt_long already emitted a complaint */
 				fprintf(stderr, _("\nTry \"%s -h\" for more information.\n"),
@@ -2084,6 +2090,7 @@ regression_main(int argc, char *argv[], init_function ifunc, test_function tfunc
 	if (temp_install)
 	{
 		FILE	   *pg_conf;
+		_stringlist *sl;
 
 		/*
 		 * Prepare the temp installation
@@ -2126,6 +2133,24 @@ regression_main(int argc, char *argv[], init_function ifunc, test_function tfunc
 			exit_nicely(2);
 		}
 
+		for (sl = extra_install; sl != NULL; sl = sl->next)
+		{
+#ifndef WIN32_ONLY_COMPILER
+			snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
+					 SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s\" -C \"%s/%s\" DESTDIR=\"%s/install\" install >> \"%s/log/install.log\" 2>&1" SYSTEMQUOTE,
+					 makeprog, top_builddir, sl->str, temp_install, outputdir);
+#else
+			fprintf(stderr, _("\n%s: --extra-install option not supported on this platform\n", progname));
+			exit_nicely(2);
+#endif
+
+			if (system(buf))
+			{
+				fprintf(stderr, _("\n%s: installation failed\nExamine %s/log/install.log for the reason.\nCommand was: %s\n"), progname, outputdir, buf);
+				exit_nicely(2);
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* initdb */
 		header(_("initializing database system"));
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),