diff --git a/fixTestTimeoutIssue.patch b/fixTestTimeoutIssue.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79e8578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixTestTimeoutIssue.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--- websocket/tests/test_websocket.py.orig
++++ websocket/tests/test_websocket.py
+@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ TEST_WITH_INTERNET = False
+ TEST_SECURE_WS = False
+ TRACABLE = False
+ 
++def _versionGreater(targetVer):
++    """Returns true if the interpreter version is greater than the given
++    target version"""
++    interpretVer = sys.version.split()[0]
++    for i in range(len(interpretVer)):
++	if interpretVer[i] == '.':
++	    continue
++        if int(interpretVer[i]) > int(targetVer[i]):
++	    return 1
++
++    return None
+ 
+ def create_mask_key(n):
+     return "abcd"
+@@ -261,8 +272,12 @@ class WebSocketTest(unittest.TestCase):
+         s.add_packet(six.b("baz"))
+         with self.assertRaises(ws.WebSocketTimeoutException):
+             data = sock._recv_strict(9)
+-        with self.assertRaises(SSLError):
+-            data = sock._recv_strict(9)
++	if six.PY2 and _versionGreater('2.7.8'):
++	    with self.assertRaises(ws.WebSocketTimeoutException):
++                data = sock._recv_strict(9)
++        else:
++            with self.assertRaises(SSLError):
++                data = sock._recv_strict(9)
+         data = sock._recv_strict(9)
+         self.assertEqual(data, six.b("foobarbaz"))
+         with self.assertRaises(ws.WebSocketConnectionClosedException):
diff --git a/python-websocket-client.changes b/python-websocket-client.changes
index b4ed92f..4a6358c 100644
--- a/python-websocket-client.changes
+++ b/python-websocket-client.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 11 15:57:53 UTC 2015 - rjschwei@suse.com
+
+- Update fixTestTimeoutIssue.patch to handle different behavior between
+  python 2.7.x versions
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 10 13:20:34 UTC 2015 - rjschwei@suse.com
+
+- Add fixTestTimeoutIssue.patch
+  + fixes test case in factory
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb  8 13:24:49 UTC 2015 - rjschwei@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-websocket-client.spec b/python-websocket-client.spec
index 02fc46b..16dd844 100644
--- a/python-websocket-client.spec
+++ b/python-websocket-client.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ License:        LGPL-2.1
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Url:            https://github.com/liris/websocket-client/releases
 Source0:        websocket-client-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         fixTestTimeoutIssue.patch
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python-six
 Requires:       python
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ Unit tests for websocket-client
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n websocket-client-%{version}
+%patch0
 
 %build
 python setup.py build