diff --git a/kmod.changes b/kmod.changes
index 12677dd..9d35bdd 100644
--- a/kmod.changes
+++ b/kmod.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 24 17:23:09 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Use --enable-zlib and buildRequire zlib 
+- run make check
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec 18 20:16:11 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/kmod.spec b/kmod.spec
index 76fe17a..c717809 100644
--- a/kmod.spec
+++ b/kmod.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:	automake, libtool
 %endif
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig, xz
+BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 
 %description
 kmod is a set of tools to handle common tasks with Linux kernel
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ fi;
 %endif
 # The extra --includedir gives us the possibility to detect dependent
 # packages which fail to properly use pkgconfig.
-%configure --includedir=%_includedir/%name-%version \
+%configure --enable-zlib --includedir=%_includedir/%name-%version \
 	--with-rootlibdir=/%_lib --bindir=/bin
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -104,6 +105,9 @@ for i in depmod insmod lsmod modinfo modprobe rmmod; do
 	ln -s "/bin/kmod" "$b/sbin/$i";
 done;
 
+%check
+make check
+
 %post -n %lname -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -n %lname -p /sbin/ldconfig