diff --git a/Increase-timeout-in-test_request_timeout.patch b/Increase-timeout-in-test_request_timeout.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba7d9e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Increase-timeout-in-test_request_timeout.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From b99df6cf3328f8e4aeb9db178df19b2411894b8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sergio Correia <scorreia@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 21:10:52 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Increase timeout in test_request_timeout
+
+Some architectures -- e.g. ppc64le -- need an increased request timeout.
+This situation is similar to upstream change 2195f0b72, where the
+timeout was increased for Windows.
+
+[1] https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/2195f0b72249738
+---
+ tornado/test/simple_httpclient_test.py | 4 +---
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tornado/test/simple_httpclient_test.py b/tornado/test/simple_httpclient_test.py
+index eadd4ed..333de50 100644
+--- a/tornado/test/simple_httpclient_test.py
++++ b/tornado/test/simple_httpclient_test.py
+@@ -293,9 +293,7 @@ class SimpleHTTPClientTestMixin(object):
+ 
+     @skipOnTravis
+     def test_request_timeout(self: typing.Any):
+-        timeout = 0.1
+-        if os.name == "nt":
+-            timeout = 0.5
++        timeout = 0.5
+ 
+         with self.assertRaises(HTTPTimeoutError):
+             self.fetch("/trigger?wake=false", request_timeout=timeout, raise_error=True)
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff --git a/python-tornado.spec b/python-tornado.spec
index e2926b9..fa2f874 100644
--- a/python-tornado.spec
+++ b/python-tornado.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ideal for real-time web services.}
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
 Version:        6.1.0
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 Summary:        Scalable, non-blocking web server and tools
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/archive/v%{version}/%{srcn
 # Do not turn DeprecationWarning in tornado module into Exception
 # fixes FTBFS with Python 3.8
 Patch1:         Do-not-turn-DeprecationWarning-into-Exception.patch
+# Fix timeout failure in architectures such as ppc64le.
+Patch2:         Increase-timeout-in-test_request_timeout.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ export ASYNC_TEST_TIMEOUT=10
 %doc demos
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 15 2022 Sergio Correia <scorreia@redhat.com> - 6.1.0-8
+- Fix test failure in pcc64le
+  Related: rhbz#2084553
+
 * Wed Jun 15 2022 Sergio Correia <scorreia@redhat.com> - 6.1.0-7
 - Add python-tornado to RHEL-9
   Resolves: rhbz#2084553