diff --git a/acl.spec b/acl.spec
index 2c4d436..3121acc 100644
--- a/acl.spec
+++ b/acl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Access control list utilities
 Name: acl
 Version: 2.2.52
-Release: 12%{?dist}
+Release: 13%{?dist}
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: gawk
 BuildRequires: gettext
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 if ./setfacl/setfacl -m u:`id -u`:rwx .; then
     make tests || exit $?
     if test 0 = `id -u`; then
+        # test/root/permissions.test requires the 'daemon' user to be a member
+        # of the 'bin' group in order not to fail.  Prevent the test from
+        # running if we detect that its requirements are not met (#1085389).
+        id -nG daemon | grep bin >/dev/null || rm -f test/root/permissions.test
+
         make root-tests || exit $?
     fi
 else
@@ -126,6 +131,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/%{name}*
 %{_libdir}/libacl.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 22 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 2.2.52-13
+- avoid failure of %%check when building as root (#1085389)
+
 * Wed May 17 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 2.2.52-12
 - fix spurious acl_check() failure on setfacl --restore (#1451826)
 - update project URL (#1418474)