diff --git a/permissions.changes b/permissions.changes
index ed74091..2508cc7 100644
--- a/permissions.changes
+++ b/permissions.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 21 14:30:41 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip tests on qemu user builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 13 08:38:26 UTC 2022 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/permissions.spec b/permissions.spec
index 80c5bba..90249f0 100644
--- a/permissions.spec
+++ b/permissions.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 %make_install fillupdir=%{_fillupdir}
 
 %check
+# will fail on qemu with  unshare: unshare failed: Invalid argument
+%if !0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 tests/regtest.py --skip-make > /dev/null
+%endif
 
 %description
 Permission settings of files and directories depending on the local