diff --git a/liblangtag.spec b/liblangtag.spec
index bae4177..23bcc02 100644
--- a/liblangtag.spec
+++ b/liblangtag.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Source1: language-subtag-registry-2014-03-27.tar.xz
 BuildRequires: glibc-common
 BuildRequires: gtk-doc
 BuildRequires: libtool
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(check)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gobject-2.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.la %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/%{name}/*.la
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
+%check
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/liblangtag/.libs:`pwd`/liblangtag-gobject/.libs${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}
+make %{?_smp_mflags} check
+
 %files
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README
 %{_libdir}/%{name}.so.*