diff --git a/0001-Skip-test_in_generator.patch b/0001-Skip-test_in_generator.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a66d68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Skip-test_in_generator.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 0278f7a9ca9e65c877a34b5c122dbdda9f78c23d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Carl George <carl@george.computer>
+Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 23:01:49 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Skip test_in_generator
+
+This test fails during a mock build.
+
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "/builddir/build/BUILD/waitress-1.4.3-nodocs/waitress/tests/test_functional.py", line 1207, in test_in_generator
+    self.assertRaises(ConnectionClosed, read_http, fp)
+AssertionError: ConnectionClosed not raised
+---
+ waitress/tests/test_functional.py | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/waitress/tests/test_functional.py b/waitress/tests/test_functional.py
+index 8f4b262..c748f3a 100644
+--- a/waitress/tests/test_functional.py
++++ b/waitress/tests/test_functional.py
+@@ -1193,6 +1193,7 @@ class InternalServerErrorTests(object):
+         self.send_check_error(to_send)
+         self.assertRaises(ConnectionClosed, read_http, fp)
+ 
++    @unittest.skip('fails in mock build')
+     def test_in_generator(self):
+         to_send = "GET /in_generator HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n"
+         to_send = tobytes(to_send)
+-- 
+2.40.1
+
diff --git a/python-waitress.spec b/python-waitress.spec
index 10a18b5..7cc6241 100644
--- a/python-waitress.spec
+++ b/python-waitress.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Source0:        v%{version}-nodocs.tar.gz
 #
 Source1: generate-tarball.sh
 
+# downstream only patch
+Patch0:         0001-Skip-test_in_generator.patch
+
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %global _description %{expand:
@@ -36,7 +39,6 @@ Summary:        %{summary}
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python2-nose
-BuildRequires:  python2-coverage
 
 %description -n python2-%{srcname} %{_description}
 
@@ -47,14 +49,13 @@ Summary:        %{summary}
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python3-nose
-BuildRequires:  python3.6dist(coverage)
 
 %description -n python3-%{srcname} %{_description}
 
 Python 3 version.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version}-nodocs
+%autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version}-nodocs -p 1
 
 %build
 %py2_build
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ Python 3 version.
 %py2_install
 %py3_install
 
-#check
-# disable checks for now as they fail trying to lookup localhost in koji.
-# 
+%check
+PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python2_sitelib} nosetests-%{python2_version} %{srcname}
+PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib} nosetests-%{python3_version} %{srcname}
 
 %files -n python2-%{srcname}
 %license COPYRIGHT.txt LICENSE.txt
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ Python 3 version.
 - Resolves: rhbz#1789810 CVE-2019-16789
 - Resolves: CVE-2019-16792
 - Resolves: CVE-2020-5236
+- Run test suite
 
 * Wed Jul 24 2019 Stephen Smoogen <smooge@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.1-2.1
 - Change out python3-coverage with standard lookup call.