diff --git a/0005-disable_li_std_wstring.patch b/0005-disable_li_std_wstring.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85e6e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0005-disable_li_std_wstring.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From: Michel Normand <normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+Subject: 0005 disable li_std_wstring
+Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 17:05:27 +0200
+
+disable li_std_wstring to avoid test failure
+for BE (ppc64 & s390x) as per bug
+https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171368
+
+Signed-off-by: Michel Normand <normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+---
+ Examples/test-suite/common.mk |    1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: swig-rel-4.0.1/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
+===================================================================
+--- swig-rel-4.0.1.orig/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
++++ swig-rel-4.0.1/Examples/test-suite/common.mk
+@@ -657,7 +657,6 @@ CPP_STD_TEST_CASES += \
+ 	li_std_vector_enum \
+ 	li_std_vector_member_var\
+ 	li_std_vector_ptr \
+-	li_std_wstring \
+ 	smart_pointer_inherit \
+ 	template_typedef_fnc \
+ 	template_type_namespace \
diff --git a/swig.changes b/swig.changes
index e202e7a..20ed9f1 100644
--- a/swig.changes
+++ b/swig.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 18 15:46:46 UTC 2020 - Michel Normand <normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+- Add 0005-disable_li_std_wstring.patch for BE arches
+  (ppc64 s390 s390x) as bypass boo#1171368
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 15 08:52:15 UTC 2020 - Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/swig.spec b/swig.spec
index 541f74d..51b191e 100644
--- a/swig.spec
+++ b/swig.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Patch1:         0001-Fix-code-generated-for-Ruby-global-variables.patch
 Patch2:         0002-Add-support-for-Ruby-2.7.patch
 Patch3:         0003-Move-new-macros-for-Ruby-to-their-dedicated-namespac.patch
 Patch4:         0004-Improve-description-of-cast-macros-for-Ruby.patch
+Patch5:         0005-disable_li_std_wstring.patch
 
 Patch308:       swig308-isfinite.diff
 
@@ -119,7 +120,18 @@ understandig SWIG usage.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-rel-%{version}
+# for BE (Big Endian) do all patch (with 0005-disable_li_std_wstring.patch)
+# bypass https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171368
+# for all other arches do all BUT that specific one
+%ifarch ppc64 s390 s390x
 %autopatch -p1
+%else
+%patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
+%patch308 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 %ifarch s390 s390x