diff --git a/_multibuild b/_multibuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcc7b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_multibuild
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<multibuild>
+  <package>test</package>
+</multibuild>
diff --git a/python-jaraco.text.changes b/python-jaraco.text.changes
index 64124a0..e1aade0 100644
--- a/python-jaraco.text.changes
+++ b/python-jaraco.text.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 27 19:08:25 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Use multibuild to avoid buildcycle
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 26 07:00:39 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-jaraco.text.spec b/python-jaraco.text.spec
index 48a7020..542b3fe 100644
--- a/python-jaraco.text.spec
+++ b/python-jaraco.text.spec
@@ -17,28 +17,37 @@
 
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
-Name:           python-jaraco.text
+%global flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
+%if "%{flavor}" == "test"
+%define psuffix -test
+%bcond_without test
+%else
+%define psuffix %{nil}
+%bcond_with test
+%endif
+Name:           python-jaraco.text%{psuffix}
 Version:        2.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Tools to work with text
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-Url:            https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.text
+URL:            https://github.com/jaraco/jaraco.text
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/j/jaraco.text/jaraco.text-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module jaraco.base >= 6.1}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module jaraco.collections}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module jaraco.functools}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-BuildArch:      noarch
 Requires:       python-jaraco.base >= 6.1
 Requires:       python-jaraco.collections
 Requires:       python-jaraco.functools
 Requires:       python-six
-
+BuildArch:      noarch
+%if %{with test}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module jaraco.collections}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module jaraco.functools}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
+%endif
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -53,6 +62,7 @@ rm -rf jaraco.text.egg-info
 %python_build
 
 %install
+%if !%{with test}
 %python_install
 
 %{python_expand rm -f %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/jaraco/__init__.py* \
@@ -61,17 +71,22 @@ $python -m compileall -d %{$python_sitelib} %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/jarac
 $python -O -m compileall -d %{$python_sitelib} %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/jaraco/
 %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 }
+%endif
 
 %check
+%if %{with test}
 %{python_expand py.test-%{$python_bin_suffix} \
   --ignore=_build.python2 --ignore=_build.python3
 }
+%endif
 
+%if !%{with test}
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE
 %doc docs/*.rst README.rst CHANGES.rst
 %{python_sitelib}/jaraco.text-%{version}-py*.egg-info
 %{python_sitelib}/jaraco/text.py*
 %pycache_only %{python_sitelib}/jaraco/__pycache__/text*.py*
+%endif
 
 %changelog