diff --git a/tcsh.changes b/tcsh.changes
index ebb42d8..6e5ad11 100644
--- a/tcsh.changes
+++ b/tcsh.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 30 13:15:39 UTC 2015 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Enable tcsh checks but be aware that this can not be done in parallel
+- Backup tcsh-6.15.00-blanks.dif away before update a working copy
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 15 14:18:41 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tcsh.spec b/tcsh.spec
index f967b54..57cdf85 100644
--- a/tcsh.spec
+++ b/tcsh.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ Patch8:         tcsh-6.18.01-metakey.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE add history file locking (bsc#901076)
 Patch9:         tcsh-6.18.00-history-file-locking.patch
 Patch10:        tcsh-6.18.01-history-merge.dif
+BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:  screen
 Requires:       gawk
 Requires:       textutils
 Recommends:     tcsh-lang = %{version}
@@ -118,8 +120,31 @@ correction, a history mechanism, job control, and a C-like syntax.
     make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
-# requires a working terminal on stdin
-#make check %{?_smp_mflags}
+    SCREENDIR=$(mktemp -d ${PWD}/screen.XXXXXXXXXX) || exit 1
+    SCREENRC=${SCREENDIR}/tcsh
+    TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d /tmp/tcsh.XXXXXXXXXX) || exit 1
+    export SCREENRC SCREENDIR TMPDIR
+    exec 0< /dev/null
+    SCREENLOG=${SCREENDIR}/log
+    cat > $SCREENRC<<-EOF
+	deflogin off
+	logfile $SCREENLOG
+	logfile flush 1
+	logtstamp off
+	log on
+	setsid on
+	scrollback 0
+	silence on
+	utf8 on
+	EOF
+    > $SCREENLOG
+    tail -q -s 0.5 -f $SCREENLOG & pid=$!
+    env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM TMPDIR=$TMPDIR \
+	SCREENRC=$SCREENRC SCREENDIR=$SCREENDIR \
+	screen -L -D -m make check
+    sleep 1
+    kill -TERM $pid
+    rm -rf $SCREENDIR $TMPDIR
 
 %install
     for nls in nls/*.cat ; do