diff --git a/ant.spec b/ant.spec
index 4049de2..c2ef6b6 100644
--- a/ant.spec
+++ b/ant.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #
 
 %bcond_with bootstrap
+%bcond_without tests
 
 %if %with bootstrap
 %global build_javadoc        0
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ mv LICENSE.utf8 LICENSE
 
 %build
 %if %without bootstrap
-%{ant} jars test-jar test
+%{ant} jars test-jar
 %if %{build_javadoc}
 export CLASSPATH=$(build-classpath xerces-j2 antlr bcel javamail/mailapi jdepend junit log4j oro regexp bsf commons-logging commons-net jsch xalan-j2 xml-commons-resolver)
 %{ant} javadocs
@@ -511,6 +512,11 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/ant/etc -type f -name "*.xsl" \
                                                  | xargs -t rm
 %endif
 
+%if %with tests
+%check
+%{ant} test
+%endif
+
 %files
 %doc KEYS LICENSE NOTICE README WHATSNEW
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}.conf
@@ -682,6 +688,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/ant/etc -type f -name "*.xsl" \
 - Remove bcond macro definitions (provided by rpm itself)
 - Remove Group tags
 - Update to current packaging guidelines
+- Run tests in %%check instead of %%build
 
 * Mon Jun 03 2013 Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky@redhat.com> - 0:1.9.1-2
 - Enable unit tests