diff --git a/patches/asciidoctor-disable-use-of-pending.patch b/patches/asciidoctor-disable-use-of-pending.patch
index 725cbee..0da086e 100644
--- a/patches/asciidoctor-disable-use-of-pending.patch
+++ b/patches/asciidoctor-disable-use-of-pending.patch
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 # disables use of pending statement in the test suite The required gem,
 # pending, is not packaged in Fedora and since the statement is merely a task
 # note, it's safe to disable it's usage for the purpose of packaging.
-diff --git a/test/attributes_test.rb b/test/attributes_test.rb
-index 3e15eac..b683667 100644
---- a/test/attributes_test.rb
-+++ b/test/attributes_test.rb
-@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ To use {gem_name}, the first thing to do is to import it in your Ruby source fil
-     end
- 
-     test 'renders attribute until it is deleted' do
--      pending 'This requires that we consume attributes as the document is being lexed, not up front'
-+      #pending 'This requires that we consume attributes as the document is being lexed, not up front'
-       #output = render_string(":foo: bar\n\nCrossing the {foo}\n\n:foo!:\nBelly up to the {foo}")
-       # result = Nokogiri::HTML(html)
-       # assert_match /Crossing the bar/, result.css("p").first.content.strip
 diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
 index 3b27218..964ff59 100644
 --- a/test/test_helper.rb
diff --git a/patches/asciidoctor-fix-nth-child-selectors.patch b/patches/asciidoctor-fix-nth-child-selectors.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..803be16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/asciidoctor-fix-nth-child-selectors.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Nokogiri is choking on assertions that use nth-child with a loose parent match
+diff --git a/test/tables_test.rb b/test/tables_test.rb
+index 5ccb92e..d86a70d 100644
+--- a/test/tables_test.rb
++++ b/test/tables_test.rb
+@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ context 'Tables' do
+       assert_css 'table td', output, 9
+       assert_css 'table > tbody > tr > td.tableblock.halign-left.valign-top > p.tableblock', output, 9
+       cells.each_with_index {|row, rowi|
+-        assert_css "table tr:nth-child(#{rowi + 1}) > td", output, row.size
+-        assert_css "table tr:nth-child(#{rowi + 1}) > td > p", output, row.size
++        assert_css "table > tbody > tr:nth-child(#{rowi + 1}) > td", output, row.size
++        assert_css "table > tbody > tr:nth-child(#{rowi + 1}) > td > p", output, row.size
+         row.each_with_index {|cell, celli|
+           assert_xpath "(//tr)[#{rowi + 1}]/td[#{celli + 1}]/p[text()='#{cell}']", output, 1
+         }
+@@ -272,21 +272,21 @@ d|9 2+>|10
+       assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(3) > td', output, 1
+       assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(4) > td', output, 2
+       
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(1).halign-left.valign-top p em', output, 1
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(2).halign-right.valign-top p strong', output, 1
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(3).halign-center.valign-top p', output, 1
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(3).halign-center.valign-top p *', output, 0
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(4).halign-right.valign-top p strong', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(1).halign-left.valign-top p em', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(2).halign-right.valign-top p strong', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(3).halign-center.valign-top p', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(3).halign-center.valign-top p *', output, 0
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(4).halign-right.valign-top p strong', output, 1
+ 
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(2) > td:nth-child(1).halign-center.valign-top p em', output, 1
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(2) > td:nth-child(2).halign-center.valign-middle[colspan="2"][rowspan="2"] p tt', output, 1
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(2) > td:nth-child(3).halign-left.valign-bottom[rowspan="3"] p tt', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(2) > td:nth-child(1).halign-center.valign-top p em', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(2) > td:nth-child(2).halign-center.valign-middle[colspan="2"][rowspan="2"] p tt', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(2) > td:nth-child(3).halign-left.valign-bottom[rowspan="3"] p tt', output, 1
+ 
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(3) > td:nth-child(1).halign-center.valign-top p em', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(3) > td:nth-child(1).halign-center.valign-top p em', output, 1
+ 
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(4) > td:nth-child(1).halign-left.valign-top p', output, 1
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(4) > td:nth-child(1).halign-left.valign-top p em', output, 0
+-      assert_css 'table tr:nth-child(4) > td:nth-child(2).halign-right.valign-top[colspan="2"] p tt', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(4) > td:nth-child(1).halign-left.valign-top p', output, 1
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(4) > td:nth-child(1).halign-left.valign-top p em', output, 0
++      assert_css 'table > tbody > tr:nth-child(4) > td:nth-child(2).halign-right.valign-top[colspan="2"] p tt', output, 1
+     end
+ 
+     test 'supports repeating cells' do
diff --git a/rubygem-asciidoctor.spec b/rubygem-asciidoctor.spec
index 7c88431..08b58ad 100644
--- a/rubygem-asciidoctor.spec
+++ b/rubygem-asciidoctor.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Source0: http://rubygems.org/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
 # pending, is not packaged in Fedora and since the statement is merely a task
 # note, it's safe to disable it's usage for the purpose of packaging.
 Patch0: asciidoctor-disable-use-of-pending.patch
+# Patch1: works around nth-child selector bug in Nokogiri
+Patch1: asciidoctor-fix-nth-child-selectors.patch
 Requires: ruby(abi) = %{rubyabi}
 Requires: ruby(rubygems)
 Requires: ruby
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ gem unpack -V %{SOURCE0}
 %setup -q -D -T -n %{gem_name}-%{version}
 gem spec %{SOURCE0} -l --ruby > %{gem_name}.gemspec
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 mkdir -p .%{gem_dir}