diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 672fccf..884a706 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 language: c
 compiler: gcc
 addons:
         apt:
                 packages:
                   - check
                   - splint
-script: ./autogen.sh
+                  # for "make rpm"
+                  - doxygen
+                  - rpm
+script: RPMBUILDOPTS_="--nodeps --define '_without_check 1'";
+        ./autogen.sh
         && ./configure --enable-syslog-tests
-        && make
         && make check
         && make distcheck
+        && sed "s|RPMBUILDOPTS =|\\0 ${RPMBUILDOPTS_}|" Makefile | make -f- rpm
 sudo: false
 
 notifications:
         irc: "irc.freenode.net#clusterlabs-dev"
diff --git a/libqb.spec.in b/libqb.spec.in
index 403e88c..ed2ddb6 100644
--- a/libqb.spec.in
+++ b/libqb.spec.in
@@ -1,69 +1,72 @@
+%bcond_without check
 %bcond_without syslog_tests
 
 %global alphatag @alphatag@
 %global numcomm @numcomm@
 %global dirty @dirty@
 
 Name:           libqb
 Version:        @version@
 Release:        1%{?numcomm:.%{numcomm}}%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dirty:.%{dirty}}%{?dist}
 Summary:        An IPC library for high performance servers
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/ClusterLabs/libqb
 Source0:        https://fedorahosted.org/releases/q/u/quarterback/%{name}-%{version}%{?numcomm:.%{numcomm}}%{?alphatag:-%{alphatag}}%{?dirty:-%{dirty}}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool doxygen procps check-devel
 
 %description
 libqb provides high-performance, reusable features for client-server
 architecture, such as logging, tracing, inter-process communication (IPC),
 and polling.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{?numcomm:.%{numcomm}}%{?alphatag:-%{alphatag}}%{?dirty:-%{dirty}}
 
 %build
 ./autogen.sh
 %configure --disable-static \
            %{?with_syslog_tests:--enable-syslog-tests}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
+%if 0%{?with_check}
 %check
 make check
+%endif
 
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/doc/libqb
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %doc COPYING
 %{_sbindir}/qb-blackbox
 %{_libdir}/libqb.so.*
 
 %package        devel
 Summary:        Development files for %{name}
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release} pkgconfig
 
 %description    devel
 The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
 developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %files devel
 %doc COPYING README.markdown
 %{_includedir}/qb/
 %{_libdir}/libqb.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libqb.pc
 %{_mandir}/man3/qb*3*
 %{_mandir}/man8/qb-blackbox.8.gz
 
 %changelog
 * @date@ Autotools generated version <nobody@nowhere.org> - @version@-1-@numcomm@.@alphatag@.@dirty@
 - Autotools generated version