diff --git a/guile-threads-test.patch b/guile-threads-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd84b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guile-threads-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Index: guile-2.0.5/test-suite/tests/threads.test
+===================================================================
+--- guile-2.0.5.orig/test-suite/tests/threads.test
++++ guile-2.0.5/test-suite/tests/threads.test
+@@ -414,8 +414,10 @@
+ 
+             (gc) (gc)
+             (let ((m (g)))
+-              (and (mutex? m)
+-                   (eq? (mutex-owner m) (current-thread)))))))
++              (or
++               (and (mutex? m)
++                    (eq? (mutex-owner m) (current-thread)))
++               (throw 'unresolved))))))
+ 
+       ;;
+       ;; mutex lock levels
diff --git a/guile.changes b/guile.changes
index ef7b271..51fa1e1 100644
--- a/guile.changes
+++ b/guile.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 23 17:16:38 UTC 2012 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- mark this threads test as unresolved since it may produce false 
+  negatives, depending on the behavior/timing of the garbage 
+  collector. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 31 15:10:31 UTC 2012 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/guile.spec b/guile.spec
index 2c4bd16..495b498 100644
--- a/guile.spec
+++ b/guile.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Patch2:         %{name}-1.6.10-mktemp.patch
 # Fix the wrong FSF address in a few headers.
 Patch3:         %{name}-fix_fsf_add.patch
 Patch4:         %{name}-turn-off-gc-test.patch
+Patch5:         %{name}-threads-test.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 PreReq:         fileutils sh-utils
 PreReq:         %install_info_prereq
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ linked in as a library when building extensible programs.
 %patch2
 %patch3
 %patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 # force rebuild with non-broken makeinfo
 #rm -f doc/*/*.info