diff --git a/hdf5.spec b/hdf5.spec
index decebfd..a46dab5 100644
--- a/hdf5.spec
+++ b/hdf5.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # You need to recompile all users of HDF5 for each version change
 Name: hdf5
 Version: 1.8.18
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 Summary: A general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data
 License: BSD
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
@@ -276,12 +276,7 @@ rm ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man1/h5p[cf]c.1
 
 
 %check
-make -C build check \
-%ifnarch ppc64le
-;
-%else
-|| :
-%endif
+make -C build check
 # disable parallel tests on s390(x) - something gets wrong in DNS resolver in glibc
 # they are passed when run manually in mock
 # testphdf5 is hanging on arm with openmpi
@@ -290,12 +285,7 @@ export HDF5_Make_Ignore=yes
 for mpi in %{?mpi_list}
 do
   module load mpi/$mpi-%{_arch}
-  make -C $mpi check \
-%ifnarch ppc64le
-;
-%else
-|| :
-%endif
+  make -C $mpi check
   module purge
 done
 %endif
@@ -445,6 +435,9 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 05 2017 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 1.8.18-5
+- Enable testsuite again now that gcc fixes have landed
+
 * Wed Feb 01 2017 Björn Esser <me@besser82.io> - 1.8.18-4
 - Ignore testsuite on PPC64LE until GCC-7 is fixed