diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 5c4ff56..e3e749b 100755
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -581,6 +581,15 @@ postcheck() {
 		echo "$i"
 		return 1
 	fi
+	# test for textrels
+	if ! options_has "textrels"; then
+		local res="$(scanelf --recursive --textrel --quiet "$dir")"
+		if [ -n "$res" ]; then
+			error "Found textrels:"
+			echo "$res"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
 	return 0
 }