diff --git a/perl-XML-XPath.spec b/perl-XML-XPath.spec
index b055a7b..210eafa 100644
--- a/perl-XML-XPath.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-XPath.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+# Run optional tests
+%if ! (0%{?rhel})
+%bcond_without perl_XML_XPath_enables_optional_test
+%else
+%bcond_with perl_XML_XPath_enables_optional_test
+%endif
+
 Name:           perl-XML-XPath
 Version:        1.44
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 Summary:        XPath parser and evaluator for Perl
 # XML/XPath.pm, XML/XPath/PerlSAX.pm, REAME: GPL+ or Artistic
 # Others: Artistic 2.0
@@ -34,9 +41,11 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Test)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 BuildRequires:  perl(utf8)
 # Optional tests
+%if %{with perl_XML_XPath_enables_optional_test}
 BuildRequires:  perl(CPAN::Meta)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::CPAN::Meta)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::CPAN::Meta::JSON)
+%endif
 
 Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`perl -V:version`"; echo $version))
 Requires:       perl(POSIX)
@@ -55,11 +64,11 @@ this as they support functionality beyond XPath.
 %setup -q -n XML-XPath-%{version}
 
 %build
-perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor NO_PACKLIST=1
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor NO_PACKLIST=1 NO_PERLLOCAL=1
+%{make_build}
 
 %install
-make pure_install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{make_install}
 %{_fixperms} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man1/
@@ -79,6 +88,9 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 15 2020 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 1.44-8
+- Do not run optional test on RHEL
+
 * Tue Jul 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.44-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild