diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index e64e2d3..c1feb05 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ sed -i "/^dependency_libs/{
 %if %{make_check}
 %check
 export LANG=C LC_ALL=C
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}
 make check check-swig-pl check-swig-py CLEANUP=yes
 # check-swig-rb omitted: it runs svnserve
 %endif