diff --git a/pecl_http-offline.patch b/pecl_http-offline.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da53a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pecl_http-offline.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 530650958e4801374827cf3bbbc95b3fbf3e89d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Remi Collet <remi@php.net>
+Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:48:46 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] skip this test for offline build
+
+---
+ tests/client015.phpt | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/tests/client015.phpt b/tests/client015.phpt
+index 35981a5..60d3132 100644
+--- a/tests/client015.phpt
++++ b/tests/client015.phpt
+@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ try {
+ } catch (Exception $e) {
+ 	die("skip ".$e->getMessage()); 
+ }
++skip_online_test();
+ ?>
+ --FILE--
+ <?php
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/php-pecl-http.spec b/php-pecl-http.spec
index a87677f..f29318d 100644
--- a/php-pecl-http.spec
+++ b/php-pecl-http.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Source0:        http://pecl.php.net/get/%{proj_name}-%{version}%{?prever}.tgz
 # From http://www.php.net/manual/en/http.configuration.php
 Source1:        %{proj_name}.ini
 
+Patch0:         %{proj_name}-offline.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  php-devel >= 5.3.0
 BuildRequires:  php-hash
 BuildRequires:  php-iconv
@@ -129,6 +131,9 @@ These are the files needed to compile programs using HTTP extension.
 
 mv %{proj_name}-%{version}%{?prever} NTS
 cd NTS
+
+%patch0 -p1 -b .offline
+
 extver=$(sed -n '/#define PHP_PECL_HTTP_VERSION/{s/.* "//;s/".*$//;p}' php_http.h)
 if test "x${extver}" != "x%{version}%{?prever}"; then
    : Error: Upstream HTTP version is now ${extver}, expecting %{version}%{?prever}.
@@ -282,6 +287,7 @@ fi
 - Update to 2.1.0
 - ignore known failed tests with PHP 5.3.3
 - run test suite during build
+- add upstream patch to skip online test
 
 * Sun Aug 17 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.0.7-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild