diff --git a/subversion-1.7.9-rubybind.patch b/subversion-1.7.9-rubybind.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85fd7e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subversion-1.7.9-rubybind.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+Try a little harder to avoid svnserve() bind failures.
+
+--- subversion-1.7.9/subversion/bindings/swig/ruby/test/util.rb.rubybind
++++ subversion-1.7.9/subversion/bindings/swig/ruby/test/util.rb
+@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ module SvnTestUtil
+     @full_repos_path = File.expand_path(@repos_path)
+     @repos_uri = "file://#{@full_repos_path.sub(/^\/?/, '/')}"
+     @svnserve_host = "127.0.0.1"
+-    @svnserve_ports = (64152..64282).collect{|x| x.to_s}
++    sport = (50000 + rand(100) * 100)
++    @svnserve_ports = (sport..sport + 99).collect{|x| x.to_s}
+     @wc_base_dir = File.join(Dir.tmpdir, "wc-tmp")
+     @wc_path = File.join(@wc_base_dir, "wc")
+     @full_wc_path = File.expand_path(@wc_path)
+@@ -249,6 +250,8 @@ realm = #{@realm}
+                "--listen-port", port,
+                "-d", "--foreground")
+         }
++        # wait a while for svnserve to attempt a bind() and possibly fail
++        sleep(1)
+         pid, status = Process.waitpid2(@svnserve_pid, Process::WNOHANG)
+         if status and status.exited?
+           if $DEBUG
diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 025aaff..51ce4e3 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 Summary: A Modern Concurrent Version Control System
 Name: subversion
 Version: 1.7.9
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: http://subversion.apache.org/
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Patch3: subversion-1.7.0-kwallet.patch
 Patch4: subversion-1.7.2-ruby19.patch
 Patch7: subversion-1.7.4-kwallet2.patch
 Patch8: subversion-1.7.4-sqlitever.patch
+Patch9: subversion-1.7.9-rubybind.patch
 BuildRequires: autoconf, libtool, python, python-devel, texinfo, which
 BuildRequires: %{dbdevel} >= 4.1.25, swig >= 1.3.24, gettext
 BuildRequires: apr-devel >= 1.3.0, apr-util-devel >= 1.3.0
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ This package includes supplementary tools for use with Subversion.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .ruby
 %patch7 -p1 -b .kwallet2
 %patch8 -p1 -b .sqlitever
+%patch9 -p1 -b .rubybind
 
 %build
 # Regenerate the buildsystem, so that:
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ export CC=gcc CXX=g++ JAVA_HOME=%{jdk_path} CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 %configure --with-apr=%{_prefix} --with-apr-util=%{_prefix} \
         --with-swig --with-neon=%{_prefix} \
         --with-ruby-sitedir=%{ruby_vendorarchdir} \
+        --with-ruby-test-verbose=verbose \
         --with-apxs=%{_httpd_apxs} --disable-mod-activation \
         --disable-static --with-sasl=%{_prefix} \
         --disable-neon-version-check \
@@ -466,6 +469,10 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May  9 2013 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.7.9-2
+- try harder to avoid svnserve bind failures in ruby binding tests
+- enable verbose output for ruby binding tests
+
 * Tue Apr  9 2013 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.7.9-1
 - update to 1.7.9