diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 14ae2ef..795f9e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /mmtf-python-1.0.6.tar.gz
 /mmtf-python-1.0.7.tar.gz
+/mmtf-python-1.0.10.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-mmtf.spec b/python-mmtf.spec
index 81027dc..41d716c 100644
--- a/python-mmtf.spec
+++ b/python-mmtf.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+%bcond_without check
 %global pname mmtf-python
 
 %global desc \
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ doi: 10.1145/2945292.2945324\
 
 
 Name: python-mmtf
-Version: 1.0.7
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 1.0.10
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A decoding library for the macromolecular transmission format (MMTF) 
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python
@@ -34,10 +35,11 @@ BuildArch: noarch
 %package -n python2-mmtf
 Summary: %{summary}
 BuildRequires: python2-devel
-# for tests
+%if %{with check}
 BuildRequires: python2-msgpack
 BuildRequires: python2-nose
 BuildRequires: python2-numpy
+%endif
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-mmtf}
 Requires: python2-msgpack
 
@@ -47,10 +49,11 @@ Requires: python2-msgpack
 %package -n python3-mmtf
 Summary: %{summary}
 BuildRequires: python3-devel
-# for tests
+%if %{with check}
 BuildRequires: python3-msgpack
 BuildRequires: python3-nose
 BuildRequires: python3-numpy
+%endif
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-mmtf}
 Requires: python3-msgpack
 
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ Requires: python3-msgpack
 %py3_install
 rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/sample
 
-%if 1
+%if %{with check}
 %check
 nosetests-%{python2_version}
 nosetests-%{python3_version}
@@ -88,6 +91,10 @@ nosetests-%{python3_version}
 %{python3_sitelib}/mmtf
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 21 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski <dominik@greysector.net> 1.0.10-1
+- update to 1.0.10 (#1531012)
+- use standard check wrapper
+
 * Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.7-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c7fbec5..82af65a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (mmtf-python-1.0.7.tar.gz) = d645c4c78576e03b51938882719a95ed53fee0225782594e9d277afab292eb1d76a44dd2827c26aa6c256f4a27fd88c9a0c2b7f628d5ca92f85589854e645c73
+SHA512 (mmtf-python-1.0.10.tar.gz) = 667643a783ca132abd2d1d411c3f97b1ba5201597f00bc066c9ff39fb43e3c48676609daf5f1012de3f66ba76affe722cb804cb611cf336883b1d70d8bce3b2b