diff --git a/python-flit.spec b/python-flit.spec
index 0b5a08d..4d5fa5a 100644
--- a/python-flit.spec
+++ b/python-flit.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# cannot enable tests at the moment.
-# Need to package requestes_download
-%global with_test 0
+# circular build dependency on requests-download and testpath
+%bcond_with tests
 
 %global srcname flit
 
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ BuildRequires:	python3-docutils
 BuildRequires:	python3-pygments
 BuildRequires:	python3-pytoml
 
-%if 0%{?with_test}
+%if %{with tests}
 BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/python
 BuildRequires:	python3-pytest
 BuildRequires:	python3-responses
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(pwd):$(pwd)/flit_core %{python3} -m flit build --format wheel
 %py3_install_wheel flit-%{version}-py3-none-any.whl
 
 
-%if 0%{?with_test}
+%if %{with tests}
 %check
 export PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}
 pytest-3