diff --git a/lib/py/Makefile.am b/lib/py/Makefile.am
index 9d0b06b..1d450ee 100644
--- a/lib/py/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/py/Makefile.am
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 	$(PYTHON3) test/test_sslsocket.py
 	$(PYTHON3) test/thrift_TBinaryProtocol.py
 	$(PYTHON3) test/thrift_TZlibTransport.py
+	$(PYTHON3) test/thrift_TCompactProtocol.py
 else
 py3-build:
 py3-test:
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@
 	$(PYTHON) test/test_sslsocket.py
 	$(PYTHON) test/thrift_TBinaryProtocol.py
 	$(PYTHON) test/thrift_TZlibTransport.py
+	$(PYTHON) test/thrift_TCompactProtocol.py
+
 
 clean-local:
 	$(RM) -r build