diff --git a/zeromq.changes b/zeromq.changes
index c10a158..3754528 100644
--- a/zeromq.changes
+++ b/zeromq.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 28 15:30:44 UTC 2016 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- skip testsuite on qemu-linux-user
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 17 12:41:46 UTC 2016 - adam.majer@suse.de
 
diff --git a/zeromq.spec b/zeromq.spec
index 3c974e3..dd0015d 100644
--- a/zeromq.spec
+++ b/zeromq.spec
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install %{?_smp_mflags}
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
 %check
+%if ! 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 # Tests don't run well concurrently and some are flaky, hence 3x before fail
 make check %{?_smp_mflags} || make check || make check || make check || (cat ./test-suite.log && false)
+%endif
 
 %post -n %{lib_name} -p /sbin/ldconfig