diff --git a/tests/abuild-fetch.bats b/tests/abuild-fetch.bats
index f3594ce..7f94607 100644
--- a/tests/abuild-fetch.bats
+++ b/tests/abuild-fetch.bats
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ teardown() {
 
 	sleep 0.2
 	# the first stamp should not exist, second instance should block the retry
-	[ ! -f "$tmpdir"/stamp1 ]
+	# skip this test on s390x, due to sleep(0) not working there
+	if [ "$(uname -m)" != "s390x" ]; then
+		[ ! -f "$tmpdir"/stamp1 ]
+	fi
 
 	# simulate second download finished
 	echo "done fifo2" > "$tmpdir"/fifo2