diff --git a/subversion-1.8.x-fix-ppc-tests.patch b/subversion-1.8.x-fix-ppc-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0a44dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subversion-1.8.x-fix-ppc-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From: Bert Huijben <rhuijben@collab.net>
+Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 20:43:23 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] fix regression test failures on ppc/ppc64
+Upstream: committed
+References: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1543145
+
+Fixes regression test failures on ppc/ppc64.
+[ 1518s] At least one test FAILED, checking /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/subversion-1.8.5/tests.log
+[ 1518s] FAIL:  wc_tests.py 7: inaccessible .svn/wc.db
+[ 1518s] FAIL:  wc_tests.py 8: corrupt .svn/wc.db
+[ 1518s] FAIL:  wc_tests.py 9: zero-length .svn/wc.db
+[ 1518s] FAIL:  wc_tests.py 10: missing .svn/wc.db
+[ 1518s] FAIL:  wc_tests.py 12: missing .svn/wc.db, maybe valid .svn/entries
+[ 1518s] Summary of test results:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+r1543145 | rhuijben | 2013-11-18 20:43:23 +0000 (Mon, 18 Nov 2013) | 9 lines
+Changed paths:
+   M /subversion/trunk/subversion/svn/status-cmd.c
+
+Resolve a strange error that somehow occurred only on some specific powerpc
+architectures. The real problem is that we didn't properly detect the end of
+the variable argument list, so it can fail on all architectures.
+
+Found by: astieger
+
+* subversion/svn/status-cmd.c
+  (svn_cl__status): Add missing end of warning status values marker.
+
+---
+ subversion/svn/status-cmd.c |    3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: subversion-1.8.4/subversion/svn/status-cmd.c
+===================================================================
+--- subversion-1.8.4.orig/subversion/svn/status-cmd.c	2013-07-27 05:00:17.000000000 +0100
++++ subversion-1.8.4/subversion/svn/status-cmd.c	2013-11-18 20:57:53.000000000 +0000
+@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ svn_cl__status(apr_getopt_t *os,
+                           NULL, opt_state->quiet,
+                           /* not versioned: */
+                           SVN_ERR_WC_NOT_WORKING_COPY,
+-                          SVN_ERR_WC_PATH_NOT_FOUND));
++                          SVN_ERR_WC_PATH_NOT_FOUND,
++                          SVN_NO_ERROR));
+ 
+       if (opt_state->xml)
+         SVN_ERR(print_finish_target_xml(repos_rev, iterpool));
diff --git a/subversion.changes b/subversion.changes
index e469466..dfd58ac 100644
--- a/subversion.changes
+++ b/subversion.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 18 21:01:46 UTC 2013 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- print error logs on on regression test failures
+- always build with and statically link to in-tree SQLite to 
+  prevent failures with SQLite 3.8
+- fix regression tests for ppc/ppc64 architectures, found in
+  openSUSE package build and fixed with upstream developers, adding
+  subversion-1.8.x-fix-ppc-tests.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 17 20:59:20 UTC 2013 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 6a862c6..3dcb70b 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 %define with_ruby          0%{?suse_version} > 1110
 %define with_intree_swig 0%{?suse_version} != 1110
-%define with_intree_sqlite 0%{?suse_version} < 1310
+%define with_intree_sqlite 1
 %define with_python_ctypes 0
 %define with_kde4_kwallet  0%{?suse_version} > 1100
 %define with_gnome_keyring 0%{?suse_version} > 1100
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Patch20:        subversion-swig-perl-install_vendor.patch
 Patch23:        subversion.libtool-pie-flags.patch
 Patch31:        subversion.perl.LD_RUN_PATH.patch
 Patch37:        subversion-no-build-date.patch
+Patch38:        subversion-1.8.x-fix-ppc-tests.patch
 #
 %if %with_ruby
 %define rb_arch %(echo "%{_host_cpu}-%{_os}" | sed -e "s/i686/i586/" -e "s/armv5tel/armv4l/" -e "s/hppa2.0/hppa/")
@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ popd #./sqlite-amalgamation
 %patch23 -p1
 %patch31 -p1
 %patch37 -p1
+%patch38 -p1
 
 SQLITE_RECOMMENDED_VER=$(grep -E '^SQLITE_RECOMMENDED_VER=' configure.ac|cut -f2 -d=|cut -f2 -d\")
 #"
@@ -614,24 +616,24 @@ test "$sqlite_info" = " SQLite %{sqlite_version} (static)"
 %if %{with regression_tests}
 
 # run tests over ra_local (file://)
-%__make check CLEANUP=true FS_TYPE=fsfs
+%__make check CLEANUP=true FS_TYPE=fsfs || (cat fails.log; exit 1)
 
 # run tests over ra_svn (svn://)
-%__make svnserveautocheck CLEANUP=true FS_TYPE=fsfs
+%__make svnserveautocheck CLEANUP=true FS_TYPE=fsfs || (cat fails.log; exit 1)
 
 # run tests over ra_serf (http://)
-%__make davautocheck CLEANUP=true FS_TYPE=fsfs HTTP_LIBRARY=serf
+%__make davautocheck CLEANUP=true FS_TYPE=fsfs HTTP_LIBRARY=serf || (cat fails.log; exit 1)
 
 %if %with_java
-%__make check-javahl
+%__make check-javahl || (cat fails.log; exit 1)
 %endif # with_java
-%__make check-swig-pl
+%__make check-swig-pl || (cat fails.log; exit 1)
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
 # python bindings fail testsuite on 11.4
-%__make check-swig-py
+%__make check-swig-py || (cat fails.log; exit 1)
 %endif
 %if %with_ruby
-%__make check-swig-rb
+%__make check-swig-rb || (cat fails.log; exit 1)
 %endif # with_ruby
 
 %endif # with regression_tests