diff --git a/perl-Makefile-DOM.spec b/perl-Makefile-DOM.spec
index 1c0bc78..66b0e45 100644
--- a/perl-Makefile-DOM.spec
+++ b/perl-Makefile-DOM.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ HTML source.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Makefile-DOM-%{version}
+# Optional POD tests do not pass because of poor documentation (CPAN RT #77897)
+rm -r t/pod-coverage.t
+sed -i -e '/^t\/pod-coverage.t$/d' MANIFEST
 
 %build
 %{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ make test
 %changelog
 * Tue Jun 19 2012 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 0.006-3
 - Perl 5.16 rebuild
+- Do not run POD tests
 
 * Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.006-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild