diff --git a/fish.spec.in b/fish.spec.in
index 3c480cdc2..e521c82a7 100644
--- a/fish.spec.in
+++ b/fish.spec.in
@@ -84,11 +84,16 @@ cp -a README.rst %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/fish/
 cp -a CONTRIBUTING.rst %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/fish/
 
 %check
+# Use cmake_build, if it exists, to directly run the fish_run_tests target
+%if 0%{?cmake_build:1}
+%cmake_build --target fish_run_tests
+%else
 # OpenSUSE does out-of-tree builds and defines __builddir
 %if 0%{?__builddir:1}
 cd %__builddir
 %endif
 make fish_run_tests
+%endif
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT