diff --git a/python-strictyaml.spec b/python-strictyaml.spec
index 35c12aa..8eff747 100644
--- a/python-strictyaml.spec
+++ b/python-strictyaml.spec
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ sed -r -i 's/(__version__ *= *")DEVELOPMENT_VERSION"/\1%{version}"/' \
 
 %check
 # There are no tests. (If there were, it would be as hard to run them as it is
-# to build the documentation.)
-%py3_check_import strictyaml
+# to build the documentation.) We therefore do an import-only “smoke test.” We
+# must skip one module in the bundled ruamel-yaml because it does not include
+# the compiled C extension (_ruamel_yaml).
+%pyproject_check_import -e strictyaml.ruamel.cyaml
 
 
 %files -n python3-strictyaml -f %{pyproject_files}