diff --git a/python-emcee.spec b/python-emcee.spec
index d870c4e..315a801 100644
--- a/python-emcee.spec
+++ b/python-emcee.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ used in several published projects in the Astrophysics literature.
 
 Name: python-%{srcname}
 Version: 2.2.1
-Release: 13%{?dist}
+Release: 14%{?dist}
 Summary: The Python ensemble sampling toolkit for affine-invariant MCMC
 License: MIT
 
@@ -46,9 +46,13 @@ Requires: python3-numpy
 %py3_install
 
 %check
-pushd %{buildroot}/%{python3_sitelib}
- nosetests-%{python3_version} -v emcee 
-popd
+# Tests hang on Python 3.8
+%if %{python3_version_nodots} < 38
+ pushd %{buildroot}/%{python3_sitelib}
+   nosetests-%{python3_version} -v emcee 
+  popd
+%endif
+
  
 %files -n python3-%{srcname}
 %doc AUTHORS.rst HISTORY.rst README.rst 
@@ -56,6 +60,9 @@ popd
 %{python3_sitelib}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 11 2019 Sergio Pascual <sergiopr@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.1-14
+- Do not run the tests on python 3.8 (bz #1705929)
+
 * Thu Jul 11 2019 Sergio Pascual <sergiopr@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.1-13
 - Add patch to fix the faulty test "test_nan_lnprob"