diff --git a/c-ares.spec b/c-ares.spec
index 8ce20cc3d9d182f7c0de45a4144d75a0c9062d19..cb7553250732542296988e81b55677528a0e5bd4 100644
--- a/c-ares.spec
+++ b/c-ares.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           c-ares
 Version:        1.18.1
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Summary:        A C library for asynchronous DNS requests
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %delete_la
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
 
+%check
+%make_build -C test
+./test/arestest
+
 %files
 %doc CHANGES LICENSE.md
 %{_libdir}/*.so.*