diff --git a/pypy-1.6-fix-test-subprocess-with-nonreadable-path-dir.patch b/pypy-1.6-fix-test-subprocess-with-nonreadable-path-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb6f324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pypy-1.6-fix-test-subprocess-with-nonreadable-path-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up pypy-pypy-release-1.6/lib-python/2.7/test/test_subprocess.py.non-readable-path pypy-pypy-release-1.6/lib-python/2.7/test/test_subprocess.py
+--- pypy-pypy-release-1.6/lib-python/2.7/test/test_subprocess.py.non-readable-path	2011-08-20 11:46:31.410646024 -0400
++++ pypy-pypy-release-1.6/lib-python/2.7/test/test_subprocess.py	2011-08-20 11:46:39.421645476 -0400
+@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ class ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
+         for i in range(1024):
+             # Windows raises IOError.  Others raise OSError.
+             with self.assertRaises(EnvironmentError) as c:
+-                subprocess.Popen(['nonexisting_i_hope'],
++                subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/nonexisting_i_hope'],
+                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                  stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+             if c.exception.errno != errno.ENOENT:  # ignore "no such file"
diff --git a/pypy.spec b/pypy.spec
index c3faabb..3280ff9 100644
--- a/pypy.spec
+++ b/pypy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           pypy
 Version:        1.6
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python implementation with a Just-In-Time compiler
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ Patch3: pypy-1.4.1-add-LIBRARY_INSTALLATION_PATH.patch
 # support (rhbz#666963)
 Patch4: pypy-1.5-more-readable-c-code.patch
 
+# In my koji builds, /root/bin is in the PATH for some reason
+# This leads to test_subprocess.py failing, due to "test_leaking_fds_on_error"
+# trying every dir in PATH for "nonexisting_i_hope", which leads to it raising
+#  OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
+# when it tries to read /root/bin, rather than raising "No such file"
+#
+# Work around this by specifying an absolute path for the non-existant
+# executable
+# Not yet sent upstream
+Patch5: pypy-1.6-fix-test-subprocess-with-nonreadable-path-dir.patch
 
 # Build-time requirements:
 
@@ -318,6 +328,7 @@ sed -i \
 
 %patch4 -p1 -b .more-readable-c-code
 
+%patch5 -p1
 
 # Replace /usr/local/bin/python shebangs with /usr/bin/python:
 find -name "*.py" -exec \
@@ -785,6 +796,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Aug 20 2011 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 1.6-2
+- work around test_subprocess failure seen in koji (patch 5)
+
 * Thu Aug 18 2011 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 1.6-1
 - 1.6
 - rewrite the %%check section, introducing per-test timeouts