diff --git a/package/check/check.hash b/package/check/check.hash
index 9b380ddc28..a8cec60d16 100644
--- a/package/check/check.hash
+++ b/package/check/check.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  998d355294bb94072f40584272cf4424571c396c631620ce463f6ea97aa67d2e  check-0.15.2.tar.gz
+sha256  20e7360f5774844c09fde696e5bf71d061e9f53b3d763d886d3318d8893fdda4  check-11970a7e112dfe243a2e68773f014687df2900e8.tar.gz
 # License files, locally calculated
 sha256  a9bdde5616ecdd1e980b44f360600ee8783b1f99b8cc83a2beb163a0a390e861  COPYING.LESSER
diff --git a/package/check/check.mk b/package/check/check.mk
index 0bdc9b93ef..95fe5c9d57 100644
--- a/package/check/check.mk
+++ b/package/check/check.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CHECK_VERSION = 0.15.2
+# This is the same as tag 0.15.2, but we can't use it, as to avoid conflict
+# with the released tarball that was incomplete
+CHECK_VERSION = 11970a7e112dfe243a2e68773f014687df2900e8
 CHECK_SITE = $(call github,libcheck,check,$(CHECK_VERSION))
 CHECK_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 CHECK_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf