diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index fc0fdc2..21a1e6c 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 Summary: A Modern Concurrent Version Control System
 Name: subversion
 Version: 1.6.17
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: ASL 1.1
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: http://subversion.apache.org/
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ Requires: subversion%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 BuildRequires: java-devel-openjdk
 # JAR repacking requires both zip and unzip in the buildroot
 BuildRequires: zip, unzip
+# For the tests
+BuildRequires: junit
 
 %description javahl
 This package includes the JNI bindings to the Subversion libraries.
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ export CC=gcc CXX=g++ JAVA_HOME=%{jdk_path} CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
         --disable-static --with-sasl=%{_prefix} \
         --disable-neon-version-check \
         --with-gnome-keyring \
+        --with-junit=%{_prefix}/share/java/junit.jar \
         --with-kwallet \
         --with-berkeley-db || (cat config.log; exit 1)
 make %{?_smp_mflags} all
@@ -323,6 +326,9 @@ export MALLOC_PERTURB_=171 MALLOC_CHECK_=3
 export LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_=1
 make check check-swig-pl check-swig-py CLEANUP=yes
 # check-swig-rb omitted: it runs svnserve
+%if %{with_java}
+make check-javahl
+%endif
 %endif
 
 %clean
@@ -441,6 +447,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/svn2cl.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 20 2011 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.6.17-4
+- run javahl tests (Blair Zajac, #723338)
+
 * Wed Jul 20 2011 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.6.17-3
 - split out python subpackage