diff --git a/tar.changes b/tar.changes
index d877ab2..e057c92 100644
--- a/tar.changes
+++ b/tar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 25 13:54:28 UTC 2023 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
+
+- Run testsuite also on qemu build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 20 09:57:28 UTC 2023 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index 6d0b2ff..24b0581 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -160,11 +160,7 @@ mv genfile bin
 cd -
 
 %check
-%if !0%{?qemu_user_space_build:1}
-# Checks disabled in qemu because of races happening when we emulate
-# multi-threaded programs
 %make_build check || { cat tests/testsuite.log; exit 1; }
-%endif
 
 %install
 %make_install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}