diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 424d706..6e98dc5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   * Point watch file at https://github.com/orafce/orafce/releases
   * Support all PostgreSQL versions (closes: #731515)
   * Add autopkgtest support
+    + Skip the dbms_alert tests, they cause random build failures due to
+      concurrency
   * Add myself to Uploaders
 
  -- Christoph Berg <christoph.berg@credativ.de>  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:44:07 +0100
diff --git a/debian/patches/regress-no-alert b/debian/patches/regress-no-alert
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86b2349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/regress-no-alert
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Skip the dbms_alert tests, they cause random build failures due to concurrency
+
+--- a/parallel_schedule
++++ b/parallel_schedule
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+ test: init
+ test: dbms_pipe_session_A dbms_pipe_session_B
+-test: dbms_alert_session_A dbms_alert_session_B dbms_alert_session_C
++#test: dbms_alert_session_A dbms_alert_session_B dbms_alert_session_C
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d13b6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+regress-no-alert
diff --git a/debian/tests/installcheck b/debian/tests/installcheck
index a301e89..2b12ed9 100755
--- a/debian/tests/installcheck
+++ b/debian/tests/installcheck
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@
 		8*|9.0) FAIL="true" ;;
 		*) FAIL="false" ;;
 	esac
+	rm -f orafunc.sql
+	make orafunc.sql PG_CONFIG=/usr/lib/postgresql/$v/bin/pg_config
 	pg_buildext installcheck-$v || $FAIL
 done