diff --git a/lib/signature.c b/lib/signature.c

index b91baf628..ddfa969c9 100644

--- a/lib/signature.c

+++ b/lib/signature.c

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ rpmRC rpmGenerateSignature(char *SHA256, char *SHA1, uint8_t *MD5,

     int gpgSize = rpmExpandNumeric("%{__gpg_reserved_space}");

     /* Prepare signature */

+#if 0 /* rpm 4.13.x signature checking trips up on this, disable temporarily */

     if (SHA256) {

 	rpmtdReset(&td);

 	td.tag = RPMSIGTAG_SHA256;

@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ rpmRC rpmGenerateSignature(char *SHA256, char *SHA1, uint8_t *MD5,

 	td.data = SHA256;

 	headerPut(sig, &td, HEADERPUT_DEFAULT);

     }

+#endif

     if (SHA1) {

 	rpmtdReset(&td);

diff --git a/tests/rpmsigdig.at b/tests/rpmsigdig.at

index bf6bfd01a..75b9bc110 100644

--- a/tests/rpmsigdig.at

+++ b/tests/rpmsigdig.at

@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ runroot rpmkeys -Kv /build/RPMS/noarch/attrtest-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

 [0],

 [/build/RPMS/noarch/attrtest-1.0-1.noarch.rpm:

     Header SHA1 digest: OK

-    Header SHA256 digest: OK

     Payload SHA256 digest: OK

     MD5 digest: OK

 ],