diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index 7565eb8..2ed87a8 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ ln -sf %{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__/six.cpython-%{python3_version_nodots}.pyc
 
 %if %{with test}
 %check
+# gh#urllib3/urllib3#2109
+export CI="true"
 # still broken with new ssl
 skiplist='test_import_urllib3'
 # skip some randomly failing tests (mostly on i586, but sometimes they fail on other architectures)