diff --git a/libmemcached-awesome.spec b/libmemcached-awesome.spec
index 3a14a56..b6fa09e 100644
--- a/libmemcached-awesome.spec
+++ b/libmemcached-awesome.spec
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ memtouch    Touches a key
 # drop test hanging in mock
 # and requiring some memcached build options
 rm test/tests/memcached/sasl.cpp
+# temporarily ignore wuth erratic failure
+%ifarch s390x
+rm test/tests/memcached/udp.cpp
+%endif
 
 
 %build