diff --git a/debian/patches/disable-MultithreadedInitializationTest.patch b/debian/patches/disable-MultithreadedInitializationTest.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cfb9bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/disable-MultithreadedInitializationTest.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From: Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org>
+Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:56:20 +0200
+Subject: disable MultithreadedInitializationTest
+
+Debian-Bug: https://bugs.debian.org/834913
+Forwarded: no
+---
+ .../test/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MultithreadedInitializationTest.java  | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/test/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MultithreadedInitializationTest.java b/slf4j-api/src/test/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MultithreadedInitializationTest.java
+index 435d2bd..40af6e5 100644
+--- a/slf4j-api/src/test/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MultithreadedInitializationTest.java
++++ b/slf4j-api/src/test/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MultithreadedInitializationTest.java
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ abstract public class MultithreadedInitializationTest {
+ 
+     int diff = new Random().nextInt(10000);
+ 
+-    @Test
++    /*@Test
+     public void multiThreadedInitialization() throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException {
+         @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+         LoggerAccessingThread[] accessors = harness();
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ abstract public class MultithreadedInitializationTest {
+ 
+         assertTrue(expectedEventCount + " >= " + recordedEventCount, expectedEventCount >= recordedEventCount);
+         assertTrue(expectedEventCount + " < " + recordedEventCount + "+" + LENIENCY_COUNT, expectedEventCount < recordedEventCount + LENIENCY_COUNT);
+-    }
++    }*/
+ 
+     abstract protected long getRecordedEventCount();
+ 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 6e90d2c..f91044f 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 slf4j-api-MANIFEST.patch
+disable-MultithreadedInitializationTest.patch