diff --git a/paramiko-test_extend_timeout.patch b/paramiko-test_extend_timeout.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25435aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paramiko-test_extend_timeout.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- paramiko-2.4.1/tests/test_buffered_pipe.py	2018/03/15 17:40:29	1.1
++++ paramiko-2.4.1/tests/test_buffered_pipe.py	2018/03/15 17:40:36
+@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
+             self.assertTrue(False)
+         except PipeTimeout:
+             pass
+-        self.assertEqual(b'b', p.read(1, 1.0))
++        self.assertEqual(b'b', p.read(1, 3.0))
+         self.assertEqual(b'', p.read(1))
+ 
+     def test_3_close_while_reading(self):
diff --git a/python-paramiko.changes b/python-paramiko.changes
index 544f379..538d75d 100644
--- a/python-paramiko.changes
+++ b/python-paramiko.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 15 18:38:22 CET 2018 - ro@suse.de
+
+- add paramiko-test_extend_timeout.patch (bsc#1085529)
+  extend timeout in testsuite to pass on ppc64le 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 15 07:10:09 UTC 2018 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-paramiko.spec b/python-paramiko.spec
index 02edc1b..7790578 100644
--- a/python-paramiko.spec
+++ b/python-paramiko.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/paramiko/paramiko-%{version}.tar.gz
 # certificates needed by testsuite
 Source1:        cert_support.tar.gz
+Patch0:         paramiko-test_extend_timeout.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module PyNaCl >= 1.0.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module bcrypt >= 3.1.3}
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ This package contains the documentation.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n paramiko-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 # Fix non-executable script rpmlint issue:
 find demos -name "*.py" -exec sed -i "/#\!\/usr\/bin\/.*/d" {} \;
 tar xvzf %{SOURCE1} -C tests/