diff --git a/python-pygit2.spec b/python-pygit2.spec
index d21ec76..bd8f5c7 100644
--- a/python-pygit2.spec
+++ b/python-pygit2.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Summary:        Python 3.x bindings for libgit2
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{pkgname}}
 BuildRequires:  python3-cffi
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python3-six
 Requires:       python3-cffi
@@ -78,11 +79,11 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.so' -exec chmod 755 {} ';'
 # https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/issues/812
 %ifarch aarch64 ppc64 s390x
   %if 0%{?with_python3}
-  %{__python3} setup.py test || :
+  pytest-3 || :
   %endif
 %else
   %if 0%{?with_python3}
-  %{__python3} setup.py test
+  pytest-3
   %endif
 %endif
 
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.so' -exec chmod 755 {} ';'
 %changelog
 * Thu Dec 27 2018 Pete Walter <pwalter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.27.3-1
 - Update to 0.27.3
+- Switch to pytest
 
 * Thu Oct 11 2018 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 0.27.2-2
 - Python2 binary package has been removed