diff --git a/python-base.changes b/python-base.changes
index b274215..51ce1f9 100644
--- a/python-base.changes
+++ b/python-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 10 18:13:08 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- exclude test_mmap under qemu_linux_user - emulation fails here
+  as the tests mmap address conflicts with qemu
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul  9 07:55:50 UTC 2013 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/python-base.spec b/python-base.spec
index a03fada..9894faf 100644
--- a/python-base.spec
+++ b/python-base.spec
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_smtplib"
 EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_unicode"
 %if 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 # test_asyncore fails because of unimplemented sockopt
-EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_asyncore"
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_asyncore -x test_mmap"
 # emulation is unreliable
 EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_multiprocessing"
 %endif