diff --git a/0001-fix-tests-for-Node.js-6.5.patch b/0001-fix-tests-for-Node.js-6.5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f675c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-fix-tests-for-Node.js-6.5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From a3fb1652d76e4a19772f4b02eb3c11067fa7167e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sergey Burmisov <skypath@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:10:16 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] fix tests for Node.js 6.5+
+
+Signed-off-by: Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com>
+---
+ test/user_defined_type.js | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/test/user_defined_type.js b/test/user_defined_type.js
+index db85fc5c0f40fabff2d7750e2e3c76270339b6c2..053213a880f36d0f4ad2729709253e80bb5da37b 100644
+--- a/test/user_defined_type.js
++++ b/test/user_defined_type.js
+@@ -110,11 +110,12 @@ describe('user defined type', function () {
+     parser.addArgument([ '-d' ], { type: dateType });
+     args = parser.parseArgs([ '-d', '1/1/2012' ]);
+     assert.deepEqual(args, { d: new Date('1/1/2012') });
+     assert.throws(
+     function () { parser.parseArgs([ '-d', 'abc' ]); },
+-      /Invalid <function> value: abc\nabc is not a valid date/im
++      TypeError,
++      /Invalid .+ value: abc/im
+     );
+   });
+ });
+ // could test for: Error: "dateType" is not callable
+ // by using an unregistered string or other nonfunction
+-- 
+2.9.3
+
diff --git a/nodejs-argparse.spec b/nodejs-argparse.spec
index c9b9f1d..a1b2d16 100644
--- a/nodejs-argparse.spec
+++ b/nodejs-argparse.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name:       nodejs-argparse
 Version:    1.0.7
-Release:    1%{?dist}
+Release:    2%{?dist}
 Summary:    A native port of Python's argparse, an options parsing library
 License:    MIT
 Group:      System Environment/Libraries
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ BuildRequires:  npm(underscore.string)
 BuildRequires:  npm(sprintf-js)
 %endif
 
+Patch0001: 0001-fix-tests-for-Node.js-6.5.patch
+
 %description
 This is a native port of Python's argparse, an options parsing library.
 It's a full port, except some very rare options. Method names have been
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ changed to CamelCase.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n package
 %setup -q -D -T -a 1 -n package
+%patch0001 -p1
 
 %nodejs_fixdep underscore '~1.4'
 
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ cp -pr package.json *.js lib/ \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 05 2016 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 1.0.7-2
+- Fix tests for building with Node.js 6.5+
+
 * Thu Jul 28 2016 Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu> - 1.0.7-1
 - Update to 1.0.7 upstream release
 - Enable tests