diff --git a/disable_no_new_privs.patch b/disable_no_new_privs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d547e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/disable_no_new_privs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: b/test_prctl.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/test_prctl.py
++++ b/test_prctl.py
+@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class PrctlTest(unittest.TestCase):
+         self.assertEqual(prctl.get_name(), name[:15])
+ 
+     @require('get_no_new_privs')
++    @unittest.skip('test fails, because ping doesn\'t use capabilities anymore (boo#1174504)')
+     def test_no_new_privs(self):
+         """Test the no_new_privs function"""
+         self.assertEqual(prctl.get_no_new_privs(), 0)
diff --git a/python-python-prctl.changes b/python-python-prctl.changes
index d98d348..5887fce 100644
--- a/python-python-prctl.changes
+++ b/python-python-prctl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 27 09:54:52 UTC 2020 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- Disable test of no_new_privs with disable_no_new_privs.patch
+  test fails, because ping doesn't use capabilities anymore (boo#1174504)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep  4 13:48:25 UTC 2020 - Marketa Calabkova <mcalabkova@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-python-prctl.spec b/python-python-prctl.spec
index 0f2aea2..71ffd5d 100644
--- a/python-python-prctl.spec
+++ b/python-python-prctl.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Patch0:         disable-sandboxed-test.patch
 Patch1:         memory_failure_early_kill.patch
 Patch2:         bigendian.patch
 Patch3:         powerpc.patch
+Patch4:         disable_no_new_privs.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes