diff --git a/automake-check10-fix.patch b/automake-check10-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e550776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automake-check10-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+2009-05-25  Stepan Kasal  <skasal@redhat.com>
+
+	* tests/check10.test: Fix the exit code of the subshell; the
+	same as commit f51165dd1a6ca52d64ba73697e9ba4a24715b0ec
+
+--- automake-1.10.2/tests/check10.test.orig	2008-11-23 09:29:00.000000000 +0100
++++ automake-1.10.2/tests/check10.test	2009-05-25 12:57:21.000000000 +0200
+@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
+   env TESTS="xpass xpass2" $MAKE -e check
+   env TESTS='pass skip xfail' $MAKE -e check
+   $MAKE check
++  :
+ ) >stdout
+ cat stdout
+ 
diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index f443020..766f425 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
 Name:       automake
 Version:    %{api_version}.2
-Release:    3
+Release:    4
 License:    GPLv2+ and GFDL and MIT 
 Group:      Development/Tools
 Source:     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source1:    filter-provides-automake.sh
 Source2:    filter-requires-automake.sh
 Source3:    automake.man
 Source4:    aclocal.man
+Patch0:     automake-check10-fix.patch
 URL:        http://sources.redhat.com/automake
 Requires:   autoconf >= 2.60
 Buildrequires:  autoconf >= 2.60
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ GNU's Autoconf package.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n automake-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --mandir=%{_mandir} --infodir=%{_infodir} \
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/aclocal
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 
 %check
-#make check || make check VERBOSE=yes
+make check
 
 %clean
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ fi
 %dir %{_datadir}/aclocal
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 25 2009 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> - 1.10.2-4
+- fix the failing test, re-enable check
+
 * Mon Feb 23 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.10.2-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild