diff --git a/fakeroot.spec b/fakeroot.spec
index 5f43f66..2657765 100644
--- a/fakeroot.spec
+++ b/fakeroot.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Gives a fake root environment
 Name: fakeroot
 Version: 1.26
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 # setenv.c: LGPLv2+
 # contrib/Fakeroot-Stat-1.8.8: Perl (GPL+ or Artistic)
 # the rest: GPLv3+
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Patch2: debian_fix-shell-in-fakeroot.patch
 Patch4: fakeroot-inttypes.patch
 # Fix LD_LIBRARY_PATH for multilib: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1241527
 Patch5: fakeroot-multilib.patch
+Patch6: relax_autoconf.patch
 
 
 BuildRequires: make
@@ -104,7 +105,11 @@ sed -e 's/-tcp//g' fake{d,root}-tcp.lang > fakeroot.lang
 
 %check
 for type in sysv tcp; do
+%ifarch ppc64le
   make -C obj-$type check VERBOSE=1 || :
+%else
+  make -C obj-$type check VERBOSE=1
+%endif
 done
 
 %post
@@ -154,6 +159,10 @@ fi
 %ghost %{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot-0.so
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 03 2021 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 1.26-2
+- Relax autoconf version
+- t.tar test, now just fail on ppc64le
+
 * Wed Sep 22 2021 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 1.26-1
 - Update to 1.26 (#2001811)
 - Drop upstreamed patches
diff --git a/relax_autoconf.patch b/relax_autoconf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6c1c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/relax_autoconf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ./configure.ac.orig	2021-10-03 23:53:51.048990382 +0100
++++ ./configure.ac	2021-10-03 23:54:05.659945382 +0100
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+ AC_INIT([fakeroot],[1.26],[clint@debian.org],[fakeroot])
+-AC_PREREQ([2.71])
++AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([build-aux])
+ LT_PREREQ(2.1a)
+ AC_CANONICAL_TARGET