diff --git a/Sanity/named/Run-internal-BIND-test-suite/runtest.sh b/Sanity/named/Run-internal-BIND-test-suite/runtest.sh
index 7277646..01bed2b 100755
--- a/Sanity/named/Run-internal-BIND-test-suite/runtest.sh
+++ b/Sanity/named/Run-internal-BIND-test-suite/runtest.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 : ${PACKAGE:=bind}
 USER="user$RANDOM"
 CORES=1
+: ${WITHOUT:=--without DOC --without EXPORT_LIBS}
 
 rlJournalStart
     rlPhaseStartSetup
@@ -144,7 +145,10 @@ rlJournalStart
 	fi
 
 	if dnf builddep --help >/dev/null; then
-		rlRun "dnf -y builddep --nobest *.spec --enablerepo=\* --skip-unavailable"
+		SKIP=''
+		#rhel81 doesnt now --skip-unavailable option
+		dnf builddep --skip-unavailable --help 2>/dev/null && SKIP="--skip-unavailable"
+		rlRun "dnf -y builddep --nobest *.spec --enablerepo=\* $SKIP"
 	elif which yum-builddep; then
 		rlRun "yum-builddep -y *.spec"
 	else
@@ -152,24 +156,32 @@ rlJournalStart
 	fi
 
 #DEBUG smtg	
-	rpm -q softhsm || yum install softhsm -y --enablerepo=\*
-	rpm -q kyua || yum install kyua -y --enablerepo=\*
-	rpm -q perl-IO-Socket-INET6 || yum install -y 'perl(IO::Socket::INET6)' --enablerepo=\*
+	rlRun "rpm -q softhsm || yum install softhsm -y --enablerepo=\*" 0-255
+	rlRun "rpm -q perl-IO-Socket-INET6 || yum install -y 'perl(IO::Socket::INET6)' --enablerepo=\*" 0-255
         # stop bind if it is running
         service named stop
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest
-	if [ "$REUSE_BUILD" = y ] && ls -1 "$TOPDIR/BUILD"/bind* > /dev/null
+	rlRun "rpmbuild -bc $WITHOUT --short-circuit --define '__spec_build_pre echo RPM_BUILD_DIR=%{_builddir}; echo RPM_NAME=%{name}; echo RPM_VER=%{version}; echo RPM_REL=%{release}; exit 0' *.spec > $TMPDIR/build.env" 0 "Obtain some build variables"
+	rlRun "eval $(grep '^\w\+=' $TMPDIR/build.env)"
+	if [ -z "$RPM_BUILD_DIR" ]; then
+		RPM_BUILD_DIR=$(rpm -E %_builddir)
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$RPM_BUILD_DIR" ]; then
+		RPM_BUILD_DIR="$TOPDIR/BUILD"
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$REUSE_BUILD" = y ] && ls -1 "$RPM_BUILD_DIR"/bind* > /dev/null
 	then
 		rlLog "Skipping $PACKAGE build"
 	else
         	# rebuild from source
-	        rlRun "rpmbuild -ba --noclean *.spec &> $TMPDIR/build.txt" 0 "Building $PACKAGE"
+	        rlRun "rpmbuild -bc $WITHOUT --noclean *.spec &> $TMPDIR/build.txt" 0 "Building bind"
 	fi
 
         # the test
-        rlRun "cd $TOPDIR/BUILD/bind*"
+        rlRun "cd $RPM_BUILD_DIR/bind*"
 
         rlLogInfo "Test takes place in `pwd`"
 
@@ -184,6 +196,9 @@ rlJournalStart
 
 	if [ -d build ]; then
 		BUILD=build
+		# In case tests are executed in srcdir, put conf.sh there also
+		# Happens with 9.18
+		rlRun "cp -p $BUILD/bin/tests/system/conf.sh bin/tests/system"
 	else
 		BUILD=.
 	fi
@@ -198,8 +213,13 @@ rlJournalStart
 	# required by idna test 
 	export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 
+	# bin/tests/system receives logs by mistake, but allow it for now.
+	rlRun "chgrp -R $USER $BUILD bin/tests/system/"
+	rlRun "chmod g+rw -R $BUILD bin/tests/system/"
         rlRun "pushd $BUILD"
+	rlRun "ls -l ./bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh"
         rlRun "./bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh up" 0 "Setup fake network interfaces."
+	rlRun "chown -R $USER:$USER bin/tests/system/"
 
 	# keep separate results on 9.11+
 	rlRun "sed -e 's/testsummary.sh/& -n/' -i bin/tests/system/Makefile" 0 "Modify to keep results"
@@ -211,12 +231,19 @@ rlJournalStart
 	###### remove later (today 2021 Aug)
 	sed -ie 's/set -eu/set -e/' bin/tests/system/cds/setup.sh
 
+	rlRun "chmod a+x bin/tests/system/*.sh" 0 "Ensure all test shell scripts are executable"
+	UMASK_ORIG=$(umask)
+	rlRun "umask 0002"
+
+	[ "$DEBUG" = y ] && PS1="pretest-debug $PS1" bash -i
+
 	# Try to fix tssgsig failures on some machines, do not use system kerberos configuration
 	export KRB5_CONFIG=/dev/null
 	chmod a+rw -R /root #running as a USER
 	RHEL9HACK="sudo -u $USER"
         rlRun "${RHEL9HACK} make ${MAKE_TEST:-test -j$CORES} &> $TMPDIR/test.txt" 0-255 "Perform the test, --init-task=/distribution/install/rhel-buildroot is needed"
 	export -n KRB5_CONFIG
+	rlRun "umask $UMASK_ORIG" 0 "Return original umask"
 
 	# This would catch just errors on 9.11+
 	if [ -f bin/tests/system/testsummary.sh ]; then
@@ -232,6 +259,8 @@ rlJournalStart
 		rlRun "tar czf $TMPDIR/failed-artifacts.tar.gz bin/tests/system" 0 "Archiving all system tests"
 	fi
 
+
+	[ "$DEBUG" = y ] && PS1="posttest-debug $PS1" bash -i
         rlRun "./bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh down" 0 "Remove fake network interfaces."
         rlRun "popd"