diff --git a/autoconf.spec b/autoconf.spec
index 7c43ceb..96d51e3 100644
--- a/autoconf.spec
+++ b/autoconf.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code.
 Name: autoconf
 Version: 2.53
-Release: 7
+Release: 8
 Copyright: GPL
 Group: Development/Tools
 Source: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ their use.
 %build
 %configure --program-suffix=-%{version}
 make
+make check
 
 %install
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ fi
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS TODO
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 19 2002 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> 2.53-8
+- make check
+
 * Fri Jun 28 2002 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> 2.53-7
 - update url (#66840)
 - added doc files