diff --git a/rasqal.spec b/rasqal.spec
index cc97038..67d8c26 100644
--- a/rasqal.spec
+++ b/rasqal.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pcre-devel
 BuildRequires:  raptor2-devel
 # for the testsuite
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::DOM)
+#BuildRequires:  %{_bindir}/rapper
 
 %description
 Rasqal is a library providing full support for querying Resource
@@ -56,11 +57,15 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/lib*.la
 
 
 %check
+if [ -x %{_bindir}/rapper ]; then
 %ifarch ppc64 s390x
 make -k check ||:
 %else
 make -k check
 %endif
+else
+echo "WARNING: %{_bindir}/rapper not present in buildroot, 'make check' skipped"
+fi
 
 
 %clean
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %changelog
 * Sun Jul 31 2011 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 0.9.26-1
 - 0.9.26
+- %%check: make /usr/bin/rapper not present non-fatal
 
 * Wed Feb 09 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.21-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild