diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd2e05d..83ee683 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+*.swp
+*.rpm
+results_sword
 sword-1.6.1.tar.gz
 /sword-1.6.2.tar.gz
 /sword-1.7.2.tar.gz
 /sword-1.7.3.tar.gz
 /sword-1.7.3.900.tar.gz
 /sword-1.7.4.tar.gz
+/sword-1.8.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c5cf692..0443583 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1677f02a86cbf07713d4e1d4c39791e6  sword-1.7.4.tar.gz
+SHA512 (sword-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 5c08c070ea0c86b7d929bbf94c89730eb5a487986deb9edf01c08d1710356aecd1ab3bde4437a778e5fc1ceb05b63287612ec6161381c0986a36344c27d2ab36
diff --git a/sword-1.8.1-cmake.diff b/sword-1.8.1-cmake.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d5eeba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sword-1.8.1-cmake.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/options.cmake b/cmake/options.cmake
+index 81981c8..19b7004 100644
+--- a/cmake/options.cmake
++++ b/cmake/options.cmake
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ _SET_FANCY(SYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/etc" "Directory to insta
+ 
+ _SET_FANCY(SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share" "Directory to install global data files. Defaults to ${SWORD_INSTALL_DIR}/share.")
+ 
+-_SET_FANCY(SWORD_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" CACHE STRING "Directory where the Python bindings will be installed. Defaults to default Python path.")
++_SET_FANCY(SWORD_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" STRING "Directory where the Python bindings will be installed. Defaults to default Python path.")
+ 
+ # Post-processing of variables
+ MACRO(PROCESS_VERSION LEVEL VALUE)
diff --git a/sword.spec b/sword.spec
index df31a62..d5b2ecd 100644
--- a/sword.spec
+++ b/sword.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-%define         soversion 1.7
+%define         soversion 1.8
 
-Name:           sword           
-Version:        1.7.4
-Release:        12%{?dist}
+Name:           sword
+Version:        1.8.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Free Bible Software Project
 License:        GPLv2
 URL:            http://www.crosswire.org/sword/
-Source0:        http://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.7/sword-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        http://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/source/v1.8/sword-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         sword-1.8.1-cmake.diff
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  curl-devel
@@ -62,15 +63,18 @@ Python bindings for The SWORD Library.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 mkdir build
 pushd build
 %cmake -DLIBSWORD_LIBRARY_TYPE=Shared \
        -DSWORD_BINDINGS="Python" \
-       -DBUILD_UTILITIES="Yes" \
+       -DSWORD_BUILD_UTILITIES="Yes" \
        -DLIBSWORD_SOVERSION=%{soversion} \
        -DLIBDIR=%{_libdir} \
+       -DSWORD_BUILD_TESTS=Yes \
+       -DSWORD_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR="%{buildroot}%{_prefix}" \
        ..
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -86,6 +90,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
+%check
+make tests
+
 %files
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL LICENSE NEWS README
 %doc samples doc
@@ -125,9 +132,19 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 %{python2_sitearch}/Sword.pyc
 %{python2_sitearch}/Sword.pyo
 %{python2_sitearch}/_Sword.so
-%{python2_sitearch}/sword-%{version}-py2.7.egg-info
+%{python2_sitearch}/sword-%{version}-py%{python2_version}.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 08 2018 Greg Hellings <greg.hellings@gmail.com> - 1.8.1-1
+- Upstream release 1.8.1
+- Add check section
+
+* Sat Dec 23 2017 Greg Hellings <greg.hellings@gmail.com> - 1.8.0-1
+- Upstream release 1.8.0
+
+* Tue Dec 5 2017 Greg Hellings <greg.hellings@gmail.com> - 1.7.906-1
+- Testing 1.8.0RC6
+
 * Thu Aug 03 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.4-12
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild