diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 492405a..4c9f134 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+varnish-2.0.6.tar.gz
 varnish-2.1.2.tar.gz
 varnish-2.1.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/varnish.ppc64_stacksize_test.patch b/varnish.ppc64_stacksize_test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f671b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/varnish.ppc64_stacksize_test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- bin/varnishtest/tests/c00031.vtc.orig	2010-08-24 12:33:29.062232351 +0200
++++ bin/varnishtest/tests/c00031.vtc	2010-08-24 12:31:57.804150780 +0200
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ 	txresp
+ } -start
+ 
+-varnish v1 -arg "-p thread_pool_stack=131072" -vcl+backend {} -start
++varnish v1 -arg "-p thread_pool_stack=262144" -vcl+backend {} -start
+ 
+ client c1 {
+ 	txreq -url "/"
diff --git a/varnish.spec b/varnish.spec
index a05ca8d..a6393c4 100644
--- a/varnish.spec
+++ b/varnish.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Summary: High-performance HTTP accelerator
 Name: varnish
 Version: 2.1.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
 URL: http://www.varnish-cache.org/
 Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/varnish/varnish-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1: varnish.s390_pagesize.patch
+Patch2: varnish.ppc64_stacksize_test.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 # The svn sources needs autoconf, automake and libtool to generate a suitable
 # configure script. Release tarballs would not need this
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ Varnish is a high-performance HTTP accelerator
 
 %patch1
 
+# tests/c00031.vtc crashes on rhel6/ppc64 because of hardcoded stack size
+%ifarch ppc64
+%patch2
+%endif
+
 # The svn sources needs to generate a suitable configure script
 # Release tarballs would not need this
 #./autogen.sh
@@ -98,12 +104,11 @@ cp bin/varnishd/default.vcl etc/zope-plone.vcl examples
 %endif
 
 # Remove "--disable static" if you want to build static libraries 
-# jemalloc is not compatible with Red Hat's ppc* RHEL5 kernel koji server :-(
+# jemalloc is not compatible with Red Hat's ppc RHEL kernel koji server :-(
+# Fedora users running varnish on ppc with a fedora kernel might want to try
+# to build with jemalloc.
 %ifarch ppc64 ppc
-	if [[ `uname -r` =~ "2.6.18-.*" ]]
-		then %configure --disable-static --localstatedir=/var/lib --disable-jemalloc
-		else %configure --disable-static --localstatedir=/var/lib
-	fi
+	%configure --disable-static --localstatedir=/var/lib --disable-jemalloc
 %else
 	%configure --disable-static --localstatedir=/var/lib
 %endif
@@ -255,6 +260,11 @@ fi
 %postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 24 2010 Ingvar Hagelund <ingvar@redpill-linpro.com> - 2.1.3-2
+- Added a RHEL6/ppc64 specific patch for that changes the hard coded
+  stack size in tests/c00031.vtc
+
+>>>>>>> el6
 * Thu Jul 29 2010 Ingvar Hagelund <ingvar@redpill-linpro.com> - 2.1.3-1
 - New upstream release
 - Add a patch for jemalloc on s390 that lacks upstream