diff --git a/python-tables.spec b/python-tables.spec
index c994601..33bbf60 100644
--- a/python-tables.spec
+++ b/python-tables.spec
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ PyTables.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n PyTables-%{commit}
-echo "import tables; tables.test()" > bench/check_all.py
+echo "import sys, tables; sys.exit(tables.test())" > bench/check_all.py
 rm -rf %{py3dir}
 cp -a . %{py3dir}
 cp -a %{SOURCE1} pytablesmanual.pdf