diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index 437a516..02b3e63 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 %global with_computed_gotos yes
 
 # Turn this to 0 to turn off the "check" phase:
-%global run_selftest_suite 0
+%global run_selftest_suite 1
 
 # We want to byte-compile the .py files within the packages using the new
 # python3 binary.