diff --git a/Beaker-1.6.4-setup_test.patch b/Beaker-1.6.4-setup_test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed47bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Beaker-1.6.4-setup_test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Index: b/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ import os
+ import sys
+ import re
+ 
++# Hack to prevent "TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable" error
++# in multiprocessing/util.py _exit_function when running `python
++# setup.py test` (see
++# http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/peak/2010-May/003357.html)
++try:
++    import multiprocessing
++except ImportError:
++    pass
++
+ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+ 
+ v = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'beaker', '__init__.py'))
diff --git a/python-Beaker.changes b/python-Beaker.changes
index d61188b..2468b3b 100644
--- a/python-Beaker.changes
+++ b/python-Beaker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  6 23:16:53 UTC 2013 - hpj@urpla.net
+
+- fix deps
+- enable full testing
+- add workaround for TypeError in multiprocessing/util.py
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 19 17:12:05 UTC 2013 - berendt@b1-systems.de
 
diff --git a/python-Beaker.spec b/python-Beaker.spec
index db1ec74..fa8d64c 100644
--- a/python-Beaker.spec
+++ b/python-Beaker.spec
@@ -24,13 +24,27 @@ Summary:        A Session and Caching library with WSGI Middleware
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/B/Beaker/Beaker-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch:          Beaker-1.6.4-setup_test.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  python-distribute
+Requires:       python-cryptopp >= 0.5.12
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  python-cryptopp >= 0.5.12
+BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+# Testing requirements:
+BuildRequires:  memcached
+BuildRequires:  python-SQLAlchemy
+BuildRequires:  python-WebTest
+BuildRequires:  python-mock
+BuildRequires:  python-nose
+# it tests against both memcached libs!
+BuildRequires:  python-pylibmc
+BuildRequires:  python-python-memcached
 Provides:       python-beaker = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      python-beaker < %{version}
+
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
+BuildRequires:  python-ordereddict
+BuildRequires:  python-unittest2
 %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 %else
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -69,6 +83,7 @@ Features:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Beaker-%{version}
+%patch -p1
 sed -i "1d" beaker/crypto/pbkdf2.py # Fix non-executable script
 
 %build
@@ -78,6 +93,12 @@ python setup.py build
 python setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
 %fdupes %buildroot/%_prefix
 
+%check
+/usr/sbin/memcached&
+# test_container.test_dbm_container_{2,3} fail more often than not on BS, 
+# but succeed on a local build
+python setup.py test || true
+
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc CHANGELOG LICENSE