diff --git a/nbdkit.spec b/nbdkit.spec
index daf6683..14ff0e8 100644
--- a/nbdkit.spec
+++ b/nbdkit.spec
@@ -792,6 +792,14 @@ skip_test tests/test-memory-allocator-malloc-mlock.sh
 %endif
 %endif
 
+# armv7 is very slow and some tests take an especially long time to
+# run.  This skips some of the slowest tests.  Note that
+# test-data-format.sh is a slow test, but in the past we have found
+# bugs by running it on armv7.
+%ifarch %{arm}
+skip_test tests/test-partition1.sh tests/test-cow.sh tests/test-cow-block-size.sh tests/test-cow-extents2.sh
+%endif
+
 # Make sure we can see the debug messages (RHBZ#1230160).
 export LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1
 export LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1