diff --git a/perl-HiRes.t-timeout.diff b/perl-HiRes.t-timeout.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8f1833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl-HiRes.t-timeout.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: perl-5.12.2/cpan/Time-HiRes/t/HiRes.t
+===================================================================
+--- perl-5.12.2.orig/cpan/Time-HiRes/t/HiRes.t
++++ perl-5.12.2/cpan/Time-HiRes/t/HiRes.t
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if (open(XDEFINE, "xdefine")) {
+ # completes fine with (say) 30% slosh, and fail otherwise.  If you do that,
+ # consider changing over to test.pl at the same time.
+ # --A.D., Nov 27, 2001
+-my $limit = 0.25; # 25% is acceptable slosh for testing timers
++my $limit = 0.60; # 25% is acceptable slosh for testing timers
+ 
+ sub skip {
+     map { print "ok $_ # skipped\n" } @_;
diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index e1ec787..031e41f 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 17 16:40:13 CET 2010 - meissner@suse.de
+
+- increase the t/HiRes.t skew (for ppc).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 27 09:48:57 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index 32f9015..6b6d4c4 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Patch6:         perl-autodie-flock.diff
 Patch7:         perl-Fatal.diff
 Patch8:         perl-constprint.diff
 Patch9:         perl-h2ph.diff
+Patch10:        perl-HiRes.t-timeout.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 PreReq:         perl-base = %version
 #PreReq:         %fillup_prereq
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ cp -p %{S:3} .
 %endif
 %patch8
 %patch9
+%patch10 -p1
 
 %build
 cp -a lib savelib