diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 7f06194..7f70091 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -757,6 +757,15 @@ export LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1
 # checksum at runtime.
 export SKIP_TEST_CHECKSUM_DEVICE=1
 
+# Disable all btrfs tests (RHBZ#863978).
+export SKIP_TEST_BTRFS_FSCK=1
+export SKIP_TEST_BTRFS_SET_SEEDING=1
+export SKIP_TEST_BTRFS_FILESYSTEM_SYNC=1
+export SKIP_TEST_BTRFS_SUBVOLUME_DELETE=1
+export SKIP_TEST_BTRFS_SUBVOLUME_SNAPSHOT=1
+export SKIP_TEST_MKFS_BTRFS=1
+perl -i.bak -e 'while (<>) {print unless /tests\/btrfs/}' Makefile.am
+
 %if %{runtests}
 make check
 %endif