diff --git a/python-cairocffi-disable-flake8-isort-for-pytest.patch b/python-cairocffi-disable-flake8-isort-for-pytest.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49d5437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-cairocffi-disable-flake8-isort-for-pytest.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
+index 46330f3..40ae504 100644
+--- a/setup.cfg
++++ b/setup.cfg
+@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ install_requires =
+ 	setuptools >= 39.2.0
+ tests_require = 
+ 	pytest-cov
+-	pytest-flake8
+-	pytest-isort
+ 	pytest-runner
+ python_requires = >= 3.5
+ 
+@@ -61,8 +59,6 @@ doc =
+ test = 
+ 	pytest-runner
+ 	pytest-cov
+-	pytest-flake8
+-	pytest-isort
+ xcb = 
+ 	xcffib >= 0.3.2
+ 
+@@ -74,7 +70,6 @@ build-dir = docs/_build
+ test = pytest
+ 
+ [tool:pytest]
+-addopts = --flake8 --isort
+ norecursedirs = build dist .cache .eggs .git
+ 
+ [flake8]
diff --git a/python-cairocffi.spec b/python-cairocffi.spec
index af41bc8..7118bb6 100644
--- a/python-cairocffi.spec
+++ b/python-cairocffi.spec
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Summary:        cffi-based cairo bindings for Python
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cairocffi/
 Source0:        %{pypi_source}
+Patch0:         python-cairocffi-disable-flake8-isort-for-pytest.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-pytest-cov
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest-runner
 BuildRequires:  python3-xcffib >= 0.3.2
 BuildRequires:  cairo-devel
+# required to run the test suite
+BuildRequires:  gdk-pixbuf2
+BuildRequires:  gdk-pixbuf2-modules
 
 %global _description\
 cairocffi is a CFFI-based drop-in replacement for Pycairo, a set of\
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ Requires:       python3-xcffib >= 0.3.2
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -n cairocffi-%{version}
+rm -rf %{srcname}.egg-info
 
 %build
 %py3_build
@@ -46,6 +51,10 @@ Requires:       python3-xcffib >= 0.3.2
 %install
 %py3_install
 
+%check
+%{__python3} setup.py test
+
+
 %files -n python3-cairocffi
 %license LICENSE
 %doc README.rst