diff --git a/python-python-socks.spec b/python-python-socks.spec
index 5c65405..a9c588e 100644
--- a/python-python-socks.spec
+++ b/python-python-socks.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ directly. It is used internally by aiohttp-socks and httpx-socks packages.
 
 %check
 # try at least a simple import
-echo 'from python_socks import ProxyType' | $python
+%python_expand echo 'from python_socks import ProxyType' | $python
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc README.md