diff --git a/libasn1c.spec b/libasn1c.spec
index 310e12a..2b5572e 100644
--- a/libasn1c.spec
+++ b/libasn1c.spec
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ applications that want to make use of libasn1c.
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
-echo %version >.tarball-version
+echo "%version" >.tarball-version
 autoreconf -fi
 # bugzilla.opensuse.org/795968 for rationale
 %configure --disable-static --includedir="%_includedir/%name"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ autoreconf -fi
 find "%buildroot/%_libdir" -type f -name "*.la" -delete
 
 %check
-if ! make check %{?_smp_mflags}; then
+if ! %make_build check; then
 	find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat "{}" "+"
 fi