diff --git a/gsl.spec b/gsl.spec
index 31ffeef..7ad6eb8 100644
--- a/gsl.spec
+++ b/gsl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU Scientific Library for numerical analysis
 Name: gsl
 Version: 1.15
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0: gsl-1.10-lib64.patch
@@ -50,19 +50,18 @@ sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
 sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
 make %{?_smp_mflags} LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L%{_libdir}/atlas/"
 
+%check
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+make check
+
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install='install -p'
-
 # remove unpackaged files from the buildroot
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 # remove static libraries
 rm -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.a
 
-#self test
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-make check
-
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
@@ -102,6 +101,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 30 2013 Frantisek Kluknavsky <fkluknav@redhat.com> - 1.15-8
+- self test moved to %check section
+
 * Tue Jan 29 2013 Frantisek Kluknavsky <fkluknav@redhat.com> - 1.15-7
 - run self-tests after build
 - updated ode-initval2 to upstream revision 4788