diff --git a/ocserv-1.1.2-tests.patch b/ocserv-1.1.2-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0927fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ocserv-1.1.2-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From 8d3dc40a5f59be1c91236823b4b4f75adb2e8e7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 19:55:03 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] tests: drain-server-fail: make sure it runs only when root
+
+Signed-off-by: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos@gmail.com>
+---
+ tests/common.sh         | 3 +++
+ tests/drain-server-fail | 3 ++-
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/tests/common.sh b/tests/common.sh
+index cd9bc885..d574d2d0 100644
+--- a/tests/common.sh
++++ b/tests/common.sh
+@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ else
+ 		echo "Skipping test requiring ldpreload"
+ 		exit 77
+ 	fi
++fi
++
++if test "${NEED_SOCKET_WRAPPER}" = 1 || test "${NO_NEED_ROOT}" = 1;then
+ 	SOCKDIR="${srcdir}/tmp/sockwrap.$$.tmp"
+ 	mkdir -p $SOCKDIR
+ 	export SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR=$SOCKDIR
+diff --git a/tests/drain-server-fail b/tests/drain-server-fail
+index 40a2ed01..d61106e6 100755
+--- a/tests/drain-server-fail
++++ b/tests/drain-server-fail
+@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
+ SERV="${SERV:-../src/ocserv}"
+ OCCTL="${OCCTL:-../src/occtl/occtl}"
+ srcdir=${srcdir:-.}
+-NO_NEED_ROOT=1
++#we cannot use NO_NEED_ROOT here as occtl commands can only be issued by root
++NEED_SOCKET_WRAPPER=1
+ PIDFILE=ocserv-pid.$$.tmp
+ OCCTL_SOCKET=./occtl-drain-$$.socket
+ 
+-- 
+2.28.0
+
diff --git a/ocserv.spec b/ocserv.spec
index 7b9ad2f..e0f8244 100644
--- a/ocserv.spec
+++ b/ocserv.spec
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Source8:	ocserv-genkey
 Source9:	ocserv-script
 Source10:	gpgkey-56EE7FA9E8173B19FE86268D763712747F343FA7.gpg
 Source11:	ocserv.init
+Patch0:		ocserv-1.1.2-tests.patch
 
 # Taken from upstream:
 # http://git.infradead.org/ocserv.git/commitdiff/7d70006a2dbddf783213f1856374bacc74217e09
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ autoreconf -fvi
 	--without-libwrap
 %endif
 
-make #%{?_smp_mflags}
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %pre
 getent group ocserv &>/dev/null || groupadd -r ocserv
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ install -D -m 0755 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}/%{_initrddir}/%{name}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
-* Sat Dec  6 2020 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos@gmail.com> - 1.1.2-1
+* Sun Dec  6 2020 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos@gmail.com> - 1.1.2-1
 - Update to upstream 1.1.2 release
 
 * Mon Nov 23 2020 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com> - 1.1.1-5