diff --git a/_multibuild b/_multibuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0cd1a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_multibuild
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<multibuild>
+  <flavor>testsuite</flavor>
+</multibuild>
diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index d776297..90981f6 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  4 08:08:30 UTC 2021 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>
+
+- Add multibuild flavor to split the testsuite out of the main package
+  build time. The testsuite dominates the build time and having perl
+  in the bootstrap cycle, we better seperate it. The testsuite flavor
+  rebuilds the same package the same way, but runs the check section
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep  2 15:22:45 UTC 2021 - Dirk Stoecker <opensuse@dstoecker.de>
 
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index 1f3baf1..c159aca 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package perl
+# spec file
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
 #
 
 
+%define flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
+%if "%{flavor}" != ""
+%define name_suffix -%{flavor}
+%endif
+
 %define pversion 5.34.0
 # set to %nil when equal to pversion
 %global versionlist %nil
-Name:           perl
+Name:           perl%{?name_suffix}
 Version:        5.34.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        The Perl interpreter
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ License:        Artistic-1.0 OR GPL-1.0-or-later
 Group:          Development/Languages/Perl
 URL:            https://www.perl.org/
 Source:         https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-%{version}.tar.xz
-Source1:        %{name}-rpmlintrc
+Source1:        perl-rpmlintrc
 Source2:        macros.perl
 Source3:        README.macros
 Source4:        baselibs.conf
@@ -225,7 +230,8 @@ mv savelib lib
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
-%if !0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
+%if "%{name}" == "perl-testsuite" && !0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
+%define _unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0
 TEST_JOBS="%{jobs}" make %{?_smp_mflags} test
 %endif
 
@@ -347,6 +353,7 @@ EOF
    done)
 } > perl-base-excludes
 
+%if "%{name}" == "perl"
 %files base -f perl-base-filelist
 %license Copying Artistic
 %dir /usr/lib/perl5
@@ -373,5 +380,6 @@ EOF
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 %doc /usr/lib/perl5/*/pod
+%endif
 
 %changelog