--- SpecCheck.py
+++ SpecCheck.py
@@ -169,18 +169,22 @@
 
         # lookup spec file
         files = pkg.files()
-        for f in files.keys():
-            if f.endswith('.spec'):
-                self._spec_file = pkg.dirName() + "/" + f
-                break
+        if (pkg.name + ".spec") in files.keys():
+            self._spec_file = pkg.name + ".spec"
+        else:
+            for f in files.keys():
+                if f.endswith('.spec'):
+                    self._spec_file = f
+                    break
+
         if not self._spec_file:
             printError(pkg, "no-spec-file")
         else:
-            if f != pkg.name + ".spec":
-                printError(pkg, "invalid-spec-name", f)
+            if self._spec_file != pkg.name + ".spec":
+                printError(pkg, "invalid-spec-name", self._spec_file)
 
             # check content of spec file
-            spec_lines = Pkg.readlines(self._spec_file)
+            spec_lines = Pkg.readlines(pkg.dirName() + "/" + self._spec_file)
             self.check_spec(pkg, spec_lines)
 
     def check_spec(self, pkg, spec_lines):
@@ -219,7 +223,7 @@
                 }
 
         if self._spec_file:
-            if use_utf8 and not Pkg.is_utf8(self._spec_file):
+            if use_utf8 and not Pkg.is_utf8(pkg.dirName() + "/" + self._spec_file):
                 printError(pkg, "non-utf8-spec-file", self._spec_file)
 
         # gather info from spec lines