diff --git a/perl-Net-SSLeay.changes b/perl-Net-SSLeay.changes
index e5ab900..74bbf3d 100644
--- a/perl-Net-SSLeay.changes
+++ b/perl-Net-SSLeay.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  2 20:26:56 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- disable checks on qemu user build (hangs) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul  3 09:13:30 UTC 2013 - lnussel@suse.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Net-SSLeay.spec b/perl-Net-SSLeay.spec
index 5bc36ca..8ea37e7 100644
--- a/perl-Net-SSLeay.spec
+++ b/perl-Net-SSLeay.spec
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor OPTIMIZE="%{optflags} -Wall"
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
+%if ! 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 make test
+%endif
 
 %install
 %perl_make_install