diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 2808420b..0da066f2 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 Checklist:
 - [ ] Meaningful commit message - please not `Update build-constraints.yml`
 - [ ] Some time passed since Hackage upload
-- [ ] stack build --resolver nightly --haddock --test --bench --no-run-benchmarks
+- [ ] On your own machine, in a new directory, you have succesfully run the following set of commands (replace `$package` with the name of the package that is submitted, `$version` is the version of the package you want to get into Stackage):
+
+      stack unpack $package
+      cd $package-$version
+      stack init --resolrver nightly
+      stack build --resolver nightly --haddock --test --bench --no-run-benchmarks