diff --git a/0001-Re-raise-MemoryError-exception-in-test_large_zips-process.patch b/0001-Re-raise-MemoryError-exception-in-test_large_zips-process.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f445353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Re-raise-MemoryError-exception-in-test_large_zips-process.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py b/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
+index 664bfe6e5..6b94c2787 100644
+--- a/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
++++ b/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
+@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+ from io import BytesIO, StringIO
+ from datetime import datetime
+ import locale
+-from multiprocessing import Process
++from multiprocessing import Process, Value
++from ctypes import c_bool
+
+ import numpy as np
+ import numpy.ma as ma
+@@ -574,16 +575,26 @@ class TestSaveTxt:
+ @pytest.mark.slow
+ @requires_memory(free_bytes=7e9)
+ def test_large_zip(self):
+- def check_large_zip():
++ def check_large_zip(memoryerror_raised):
++ memoryerror_raised.value=False
+ # The test takes at least 6GB of memory, writes a file larger than 4GB
+ test_data = np.asarray([np.random.rand(np.random.randint(50,100),4)
+ for i in range(800000)], dtype=object)
+ with tempdir() as tmpdir:
+- np.savez(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.npz'), test_data=test_data)
++ try:
++ np.savez(os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.npz'), test_data=test_data)
++ except MemoryError:
++ memoryerror_raised.value=True
++ raise
+ # run in a subprocess to ensure memory is released on PyPy, see gh-15775
+- p = Process(target=check_large_zip)
++ # Use an object in shared memory to re-raise the MemoryError exception
++ # in our process if needed, see gh-16889
++ memoryerror_raised = Value(c_bool)
++ p = Process(target=check_large_zip, args=(memoryerror_raised,))
+ p.start()
+ p.join()
++ if memoryerror_raised.value:
++ raise MemoryError("Child process raised a MemoryError exception")
+ assert p.exitcode == 0
+
+ class LoadTxtBase:
diff --git a/python-numpy.changes b/python-numpy.changes
index e9469bc..e0c5dea 100644
--- a/python-numpy.changes
+++ b/python-numpy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 17 11:08:29 UTC 2020 - Antonio Larrosa <alarrosa@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch to fix the test_large_zip test in i586, which fails
+ when run in a separate process (gh#numpy/numpy#16890):
+ * 0001-Re-raise-MemoryError-exception-in-test_large_zips-process.patch
+
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Thu Jul 2 16:55:48 UTC 2020 - Antonio Larrosa <alarrosa@suse.com>
diff --git a/python-numpy.spec b/python-numpy.spec
index a42a424..b236b14 100644
--- a/python-numpy.spec
+++ b/python-numpy.spec
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ Patch1: numpy-1.9.0-remove-__declspec.patch
# # PATCH-FIX-SLE fix-py34-tests.patch -- python 3.4 support
Patch3: fix-py34-tests.patch
Patch4: s390x.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM fix-test_large_zip-in-i586.patch -- gh#numpy/numpy#16890
+Patch5: 0001-Re-raise-MemoryError-exception-in-test_large_zips-process.patch
BuildRequires: %{python_module Cython >= 0.29.17}
BuildRequires: %{python_module devel}
BuildRequires: %{python_module hypothesis >= 5.12.0}
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ This package contains files for developing applications using numpy.
# TestF{77,90}ReturnCharacter are broken on all big-endian architectures (#11831)
%patch4 -p1
%endif
+%patch5 -p1
# Fix non-executable scripts
sed -i '1s/^#!.*$//' numpy/{compat/setup,random/_examples/cython/setup,distutils/{conv_template,cpuinfo,exec_command,from_template,setup,system_info},f2py/{__init__,auxfuncs,capi_maps,cb_rules,cfuncs,common_rules,crackfortran,diagnose,f2py2e,f90mod_rules,func2subr,rules,setup,use_rules},ma/{setup,bench},matrixlib/setup,setup,testing/{print_coercion_tables,setup}}.py
sed -i '1s/^#!.*$//' numpy/random/_examples/cython/*.pyx