diff --git a/0001-Resolves-rhbz-826609-rhbz-820554-fix-smoketest-on-pp.patch b/0001-Resolves-rhbz-826609-rhbz-820554-fix-smoketest-on-pp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0653d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Resolves-rhbz-826609-rhbz-820554-fix-smoketest-on-pp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_POWERPC64_GCC.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_POWERPC64_GCC.mk
+index 33f6bd1..08e7b23 100644
+--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_POWERPC64_GCC.mk
++++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_POWERPC64_GCC.mk
+@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
+ #please make generic modifications to unxgcc.mk or linux.mk
+ gb_CPUDEFS += -DPPC
+ gb_COMPILERDEFAULTOPTFLAGS := -O2
+-gb_CXXFLAGS += -mminimal-toc -fsigned-char
+-gb_CFLAGS += -fsigned-char
++gb_CXXFLAGS += -mminimal-toc
+ 
+ include $(GBUILDDIR)/platform/linux.mk
+ 
+diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_POWERPC_GCC.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_POWERPC_GCC.mk
+index 1c78df0..6fe92ec 100644
+--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_POWERPC_GCC.mk
++++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_POWERPC_GCC.mk
+@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
+ #please make generic modifications to unxgcc.mk or linux.mk
+ gb_CPUDEFS += -DPPC
+ gb_COMPILERDEFAULTOPTFLAGS := -O2
+-gb_CXXFLAGS += -fsigned-char
+-gb_CFLAGS += -fsigned-char
+ 
+ include $(GBUILDDIR)/platform/linux.mk
+ 
+diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_S390X_GCC.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_S390X_GCC.mk
+index b352572..1d6889e 100644
+--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_S390X_GCC.mk
++++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_S390X_GCC.mk
+@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
+ 
+ #please make generic modifications to unxgcc.mk or linux.mk
+ gb_COMPILERDEFAULTOPTFLAGS := -O2
+-gb_CXXFLAGS += -fsigned-char -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+-gb_CFLAGS += -fsigned-char -fno-omit-frame-pointer
++gb_CXXFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer
++gb_CFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+ 
+ include $(GBUILDDIR)/platform/linux.mk
+ 
+diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_S390_GCC.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_S390_GCC.mk
+index b352572..1d6889e 100644
+--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_S390_GCC.mk
++++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/LINUX_S390_GCC.mk
+@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
+ 
+ #please make generic modifications to unxgcc.mk or linux.mk
+ gb_COMPILERDEFAULTOPTFLAGS := -O2
+-gb_CXXFLAGS += -fsigned-char -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+-gb_CFLAGS += -fsigned-char -fno-omit-frame-pointer
++gb_CXXFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer
++gb_CFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+ 
+ include $(GBUILDDIR)/platform/linux.mk
+ 
+diff --git a/solenv/inc/unxlngs390.mk b/solenv/inc/unxlngs390.mk
+index 0eac39a..af2518f 100644
+--- a/solenv/inc/unxlngs390.mk
++++ b/solenv/inc/unxlngs390.mk
+@@ -30,6 +30,4 @@
+ PICSWITCH:=-fPIC
+ .INCLUDE : unxlng.mk
+ CDEFS+=-DS390
+-CFLAGS+=-fsigned-char -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+-CFLAGSCC+=-fsigned-char
+-CFLAGSCXX+=-fsigned-char
++CFLAGS+=-fno-omit-frame-pointer
diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index 8846aad..c96f361 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Summary:        Free Software Productivity Suite
 Name:           libreoffice
 Epoch:          1
 Version:        %{libo_version}.2
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 License:        (MPLv1.1 or LGPLv3+) and LGPLv3 and LGPLv2+ and BSD and (MPLv1.1 or GPLv2 or LGPLv2 or Netscape) and Public Domain and ASL 2.0 and Artistic
 Group:          Applications/Productivity
 URL:            http://www.documentfoundation.org/develop
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ Patch34: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-805743-a11y-call-doShow-after-we-have-.patch
 Patch35: 0001-Resolves-fdo-49849-implement-Unicode-6.1-hebrew-line.patch
 Patch36: 0001-gcc-trunk-fix-unable-to-find-string-literal-operator.patch
 Patch37: 0001-ppc-yyinput-returns-a-int-truncating-to-unsigned-cha.patch
+Patch38: 0001-Resolves-rhbz-826609-rhbz-820554-fix-smoketest-on-pp.patch
 
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
 %define instdir %{_libdir}
@@ -1014,6 +1015,7 @@ mv -f redhat.soc extras/source/palettes/standard.soc
 %endif
 %patch36 -p1 -b .gcc-trunk-fix-unable-to-find-string-literal-operator.patch
 %patch37 -p1 -b .ppc-yyinput-returns-a-int-truncating-to-unsigned-cha.patch
+%patch38 -p1 -b .rhbz-826609-rhbz-820554-fix-smoketest-on-pp.patch
 
 # TODO: check this
 # these are horribly incomplete--empty translations and copied english
@@ -1501,15 +1503,7 @@ cd smoketestoo_native
 unset WITH_LANG
 #JFW_PLUGIN_DO_NOT_CHECK_ACCESSIBILITY="1" works around flawed accessibility check
 #SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN="svp" uses the headless plugin for these tests
-%if %{defined rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 7
-unset SOLAR_JAVA
-JFW_PLUGIN_DO_NOT_CHECK_ACCESSIBILITY="1" SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN="svp" timeout 2h build.pl
-%else
-%ifarch s390 s390x
-unset SOLAR_JAVA
-%endif
 JFW_PLUGIN_DO_NOT_CHECK_ACCESSIBILITY="1" SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN="svp" timeout -k 2m 2h build.pl
-%endif
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -2304,6 +2298,9 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications &> /dev/null || :
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 08 2012 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 3.5.4.2-2
+- Resolves: rhbz#826609, rhbz#820554 fix smoketest on ppc[64] and s390[x]
+
 * Wed May 23 2012 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 3.5.4.2-1
 - 3.5.4 rc2