diff --git a/qemu-linux-user.changes b/qemu-linux-user.changes
index abab70c7..a9bb49f9 100644
--- a/qemu-linux-user.changes
+++ b/qemu-linux-user.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May 10 14:55:31 UTC 2015 - afaerber@suse.de
+
+- Add %check executing /usr/bin/ls via qemu-HOSTARCH
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May  6 21:54:05 UTC 2015 - agraf@suse.com
 
diff --git a/qemu-linux-user.spec b/qemu-linux-user.spec
index e15d96a8..b839ceb7 100644
--- a/qemu-linux-user.spec
+++ b/qemu-linux-user.spec
@@ -176,6 +176,36 @@ sed -i "s/-lglib-2.0/-lglib-2.0 -lrt/" config-host.mak
 %endif
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
+%ifarch %ix86
+%define qemu_arch i386
+%endif
+%ifarch x86_64
+%define qemu_arch x86_64
+%endif
+%ifarch %arm
+%define qemu_arch arm
+%endif
+%ifarch aarch64
+%define qemu_arch aarch64
+%endif
+%ifarch ppc
+%define qemu_arch ppc
+%endif
+%ifarch ppc64
+%define qemu_arch ppc64
+%endif
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%define qemu_arch ppc64le
+%endif
+%ifarch s390x
+%define qemu_arch s390x
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1310
+%check
+%{qemu_arch}-linux-user/qemu-%{qemu_arch} %_bindir/ls > /dev/null
+%endif
+
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_datadir/doc
diff --git a/qemu-linux-user.spec.in b/qemu-linux-user.spec.in
index 9cc79200..01098a0c 100644
--- a/qemu-linux-user.spec.in
+++ b/qemu-linux-user.spec.in
@@ -100,6 +100,36 @@ sed -i "s/-lglib-2.0/-lglib-2.0 -lrt/" config-host.mak
 %endif
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
+%ifarch %ix86
+%define qemu_arch i386
+%endif
+%ifarch x86_64
+%define qemu_arch x86_64
+%endif
+%ifarch %arm
+%define qemu_arch arm
+%endif
+%ifarch aarch64
+%define qemu_arch aarch64
+%endif
+%ifarch ppc
+%define qemu_arch ppc
+%endif
+%ifarch ppc64
+%define qemu_arch ppc64
+%endif
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%define qemu_arch ppc64le
+%endif
+%ifarch s390x
+%define qemu_arch s390x
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1310
+%check
+%{qemu_arch}-linux-user/qemu-%{qemu_arch} %_bindir/ls > /dev/null
+%endif
+
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_datadir/doc