diff --git a/python-pandas.changes b/python-pandas.changes
index b2d6612..7401666 100644
--- a/python-pandas.changes
+++ b/python-pandas.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 19 14:31:25 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Do not delete tests, they are used even by other inheriting packages
+  for their testing
+- Execute tests
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb  5 22:16:08 UTC 2019 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pandas.spec b/python-pandas.spec
index a1a6a1a..e0edb2f 100644
--- a/python-pandas.spec
+++ b/python-pandas.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pandas
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
@@ -26,16 +26,17 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 URL:            http://pandas.pydata.org/
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pandas/pandas-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython >= 0.28.2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module SQLAlchemy}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module XlsxWriter}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module beautifulsoup4 >= 4.2.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module hypothesis}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module lxml}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy-devel >= 1.12.0}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy-devel >= 1.15.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-dateutil >= 2.5}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-dateutil}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytz >= 2011k}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 24.2.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
@@ -43,10 +44,11 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module xlrd}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  xvfb-run
 Requires:       python-Cython >= 0.28.2
 Requires:       python-Tempita
 Requires:       python-lxml
-Requires:       python-numpy >= 1.12.0
+Requires:       python-numpy >= 1.15.0
 Requires:       python-python-dateutil >= 2.5
 Requires:       python-pytz >= 2011k
 Requires:       python-six
@@ -100,11 +102,9 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
 %python_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}
 
-%python_expand rm -r %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}/pandas/tests
-
-# Needs X and various other fun to work
-#%check
-#%%python_expand PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch} py.test-%{$python_version} pandas/tests
+%check
+# skip test that tries to compile stuff in buildroot test_oo_optimizable
+%python_expand PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch} xvfb-run py.test-%{$python_version} -v %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}/pandas/tests -k 'not test_oo_optimizable'
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE