diff --git a/zsh.spec b/zsh.spec
index 7acde17..02f4ee6 100644
--- a/zsh.spec
+++ b/zsh.spec
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ perl -p -i -e 's|/usr/princeton|%{_bindir}|' \
     --enable-multibyte
 
 make VERSION="%{version}"
+make check
 
 # make html documentation
 make -C Doc all zsh.info zsh_toc.html VERSION="%{version}"
@@ -98,9 +99,6 @@ mv Doc/*.html Doc/htmldoc
 # remove some unwanted files in Etc/
 rm -f Etc/Makefile* Etc/*.yo
 
-%check
-make check
-
 %install
 %makeinstall install.info VERSION="%{version}"
 # install SUSE configuration