diff --git a/perl.changes b/perl.changes
index 7b5da93..d692ffe 100644
--- a/perl.changes
+++ b/perl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug  8 14:51:42 UTC 2013 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- skip itimer test from Timer-HiRes for powerpc. Build hosts
+  are overloaded, building locally shows tests are passed
+  (skip_time_hires.patch) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 14 22:51:27 UTC 2013 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/perl.spec b/perl.spec
index f4bc92c..bb9b159 100644
--- a/perl.spec
+++ b/perl.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Patch4:         perl-netcmdutf8.diff
 Patch5:         perl-HiRes.t-timeout.diff
 Patch6:         perl-saverecontext.diff
 Patch7:         perl-db6.diff
+Patch8:         skip_time_hires.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 PreReq:         perl-base = %version
 #PreReq:         %fillup_prereq
@@ -165,6 +166,9 @@ cp -p %{S:3} .
 %patch5
 %patch6
 %patch -P 7 -p1
+%ifarch ppc ppc64
+%patch8 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 cp -a lib savelib
diff --git a/skip_time_hires.patch b/skip_time_hires.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44a5a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skip_time_hires.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: perl-5.18.0/cpan/Time-HiRes/t/itimer.t
+===================================================================
+--- perl-5.18.0.orig/cpan/Time-HiRes/t/itimer.t
++++ perl-5.18.0/cpan/Time-HiRes/t/itimer.t
+@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+ use strict;
+ 
++use Test::More skip_all => "ppc workers are too busy";
++
+ sub has_symbol {
+     my $symbol = shift;
+     eval "use Time::HiRes qw($symbol)";