diff --git a/obs-service-set_version.changes b/obs-service-set_version.changes
index 0b5e294..a170985 100644
--- a/obs-service-set_version.changes
+++ b/obs-service-set_version.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Wed Sep 19 06:28:24 UTC 2018 - adrian@suse.de
 - Update to version 0.5.10:
   * fix zipfile crash also for python2.7
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 17 10:21:44 UTC 2018 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Wrap make check in bcond obs_scm_testsuite
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 17 09:28:09 UTC 2018 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/obs-service-set_version.spec b/obs-service-set_version.spec
index 6083b54..d4b4c54 100644
--- a/obs-service-set_version.spec
+++ b/obs-service-set_version.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-
+%bcond_without obs_scm_testsuite
 %define service set_version
 
 Name:           obs-service-%{service}
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Url:            https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-service-%{service}
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+%if %{with obs_scm_testsuite}
 BuildRequires:  python3-ddt
 BuildRequires:  python3-flake8
-BuildRequires:  python3-packaging
+%endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1315
 Recommends:     python3-packaging
@@ -55,8 +56,10 @@ a given version or to the existing files.
 sed -i -e "1 s,#!/usr/bin/python$,#!/usr/bin/python3," set_version
 %endif
 
+%if %{with obs_scm_testsuite}
 %check
 make test PYTHON=python3
+%endif
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/obs/service