diff --git a/recipes/fortuno/build.sh b/recipes/fortuno/build.sh
index 8686cc107d8b7..6b86508d287cb 100644
--- a/recipes/fortuno/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/fortuno/build.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ cmake_options=(
    "-DFORTUNO_WITH_MPI=${MPI}"
 )
 
-mkdir -p _build
-pushd _build
-
-FFLAGS="-fno-backtrace" cmake "${cmake_options[@]}" -GNinja ..
-ninja all install
-
-popd
+BUILD_DIR="_build"
+FFLAGS="-fno-backtrace" cmake "${cmake_options[@]}" -GNinja -B ${BUILD_DIR}
+cmake --build ${BUILD_DIR}
+cmake --install ${BUILD_DIR}
diff --git a/recipes/fortuno/meta.yaml b/recipes/fortuno/meta.yaml
index 909a81b2bb80c..fb62c58041ead 100644
--- a/recipes/fortuno/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/fortuno/meta.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ requirements:
 
 test:
   requires:
+    - {{ compiler('fortran') }}
+    - {{ stdlib('c') }}
+    - cmake
+    - ninja
     - pkg-config
   commands:
     - pkg-config fortuno --exact-version={{ version }}
diff --git a/recipes/fortuno/run_test.sh b/recipes/fortuno/run_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aaae4b7478bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/fortuno/run_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -ex
+
+INTERFACES=( "serial" )
+if [ "${mpi}" != "nompi" ]; then
+  INTERFACES+=( "mpi" )
+fi
+
+cmake_options=( ${CMAKE_ARGS} )
+for interface in ${INTERFACES[@]}; do
+  RUNNER=""
+  if [[ "${interface}" == "mpi" ]]; then
+    RUNNER="mpirun -np 2"
+  fi
+  BUILD_DIR="_build_${interface}"
+  cmake "${cmake_options[@]}" -GNinja -B ${BUILD_DIR}
+  cmake --build ${BUILD_DIR}
+  ${RUNNER} ${BUILD_DIR}/app/testapp
+done