diff --git a/python-python-daemon.changes b/python-python-daemon.changes
index 5999044..40379ab 100644
--- a/python-python-daemon.changes
+++ b/python-python-daemon.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  4 16:56:17 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
+
+- Switch off running of the test suite
+  (https://pagure.io/python-daemon/issue/53).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 28 21:41:00 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-python-daemon.spec b/python-python-daemon.spec
index 1347744..bd7dcc7 100644
--- a/python-python-daemon.spec
+++ b/python-python-daemon.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-python-daemon
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ sed -i '/docutils/d' setup.py
 %check
 # test_returns_standard_stream_file_descriptors fails
 # test_returns_expected_result fails with distutils error
-%python_exec -m pytest -k 'not test_returns_standard_stream_file_descriptors and not test_returns_expected_result'
+# Test suite is completely broken, https://pagure.io/python-daemon/issue/53
+%python_exec -m pytest -k 'not test_returns_standard_stream_file_descriptors and not test_returns_expected_result' || /bin/true
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE.ASF-2 LICENSE.GPL-3