diff --git a/python-psutil-test-sum-floats-via-almost-equal.patch b/python-psutil-test-sum-floats-via-almost-equal.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7e40dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-psutil-test-sum-floats-via-almost-equal.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_system.py b/psutil/tests/test_system.py
+index 3b787ee..db22245 100755
+--- a/psutil/tests/test_system.py
++++ b/psutil/tests/test_system.py
+@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class TestCpuAPIs(PsutilTestCase):
+             self.assertIsInstance(cp_time, float)
+             self.assertGreaterEqual(cp_time, 0.0)
+             total += cp_time
+-        self.assertEqual(total, sum(times))
++        self.assertAlmostEqual(total, sum(times))
+         str(times)
+         # CPU times are always supposed to increase over time
+         # or at least remain the same and that's because time
+@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class TestCpuAPIs(PsutilTestCase):
+                 self.assertIsInstance(cp_time, float)
+                 self.assertGreaterEqual(cp_time, 0.0)
+                 total += cp_time
+-            self.assertEqual(total, sum(times))
++            self.assertAlmostEqual(total, sum(times))
+             str(times)
+         self.assertEqual(len(psutil.cpu_times(percpu=True)[0]),
+                          len(psutil.cpu_times(percpu=False)))
diff --git a/python-psutil.spec b/python-psutil.spec
index b25ca20..2c1eeb9 100644
--- a/python-psutil.spec
+++ b/python-psutil.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Source0:        %{url}/archive/release-%{version}/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # skip 2 tests that fail in mock chroots
 #
 Patch0:         python-psutil-skip-tests-in-mock.patch
+#
+# avoid: AssertionError: 7883822.420000001 != 7883822.42
+#
+Patch1:         python-psutil-test-sum-floats-via-almost-equal.patch
 
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