diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 4190f4d..6a82447 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary:	A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.
 Name:		automake
 Version:	%{api_version}.6
-Release: 1.1
+Release:    2
 License:	GPL
 Group:		Development/Tools
 Source:		http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ GNU's Autoconf package.
 %build
 ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix}
 make
-make check || make check VERBOSE=yes
 
 %install
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
@@ -40,6 +39,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/aclocal
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 
+%check
+make check || make check VERBOSE=yes
+
 %clean
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ fi
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc AUTHORS README THANKS
+%doc AUTHORS README THANKS NEWS
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_infodir}/*.info*
 %{_datadir}/automake-%{api_version}
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ fi
 %dir %{_datadir}/aclocal
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 19 2005 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.de> 1.9.6-2
+- include NEWS file (#174674)
+- add %%check (#174674)
+
 * Fri Dec 09 2005 Jesse Keating <jkeating@redhat.com>
 - rebuilt