diff --git a/libuv.changes b/libuv.changes
index cac48e2..d657990 100644
--- a/libuv.changes
+++ b/libuv.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 23 12:56:12 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip testsuite on qemu_user_mode emulated builds, no chance
+  of ever succeeding
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 18 10:28:17 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libuv.spec b/libuv.spec
index b55bbc1..e3665bd 100644
--- a/libuv.spec
+++ b/libuv.spec
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ Mozilla's Rust language, Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
 %check
+%if !0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 %make_build check
+%endif
 
 %post -n libuv%{somajor} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libuv%{somajor} -p /sbin/ldconfig