diff --git a/cracklib.changes b/cracklib.changes
index 783954c..a20df21 100644
--- a/cracklib.changes
+++ b/cracklib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov  4 13:45:06 UTC 2021 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- %check: really test the package [bsc#1191736]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 11 15:25:32 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/cracklib.spec b/cracklib.spec
index 33182b4..f3a8174 100644
--- a/cracklib.spec
+++ b/cracklib.spec
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ nm -C -D %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libcrack.so.2 | grep ' T '
 %endif
 
 %check
-%make_build check
+sed -i 's:\(util/cracklib-check\):\1 %{buildroot}/usr/lib/cracklib_dict:' Makefile
+%make_build test
 
 %post -n libcrack2 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libcrack2 -p /sbin/ldconfig