diff --git a/SOURCES/disable-broken-tests-for-binutils-bug.patch b/SOURCES/disable-broken-tests-for-binutils-bug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc77cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/disable-broken-tests-for-binutils-bug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+diff -Naur a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
+--- a/src/test/meson.build	2021-02-02 07:29:47.000000000 -0800
++++ b/src/test/meson.build	2021-02-19 10:58:19.188785027 -0800
+@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@
+           libmount,
+           libblkid]],
+ 
+-        [['src/test/test-emergency-action.c'],
+-         [libcore,
+-          libshared],
+-         []],
+-
+         [['src/test/test-chown-rec.c'],
+          [libcore,
+           libshared],
+@@ -522,24 +517,6 @@
+          [],
+          []],
+ 
+-        [['src/test/test-tables.c',
+-          'src/shared/test-tables.h',
+-          'src/journal/journald-server.c',
+-          'src/journal/journald-server.h'],
+-         [libcore,
+-          libjournal_core,
+-          libudev_core,
+-          libudev_static,
+-          libsystemd_network,
+-          libshared],
+-         [threads,
+-          libseccomp,
+-          libmount,
+-          libxz,
+-          liblz4,
+-          libblkid],
+-         '', '', [], libudev_core_includes],
+-
+         [['src/test/test-prioq.c'],
+          [],
+          []],
+@@ -621,11 +598,6 @@
+          [],
+          []],
+ 
+-        [['src/test/test-cgroup-cpu.c'],
+-         [libcore,
+-          libshared],
+-         []],
+-
+         [['src/test/test-cgroup-unit-default.c'],
+          [libcore,
+           libshared],
+@@ -1168,10 +1140,6 @@
+          [],
+          []],
+ 
+-        [['src/analyze/test-verify.c', 'src/analyze/analyze-verify.c', 'src/analyze/analyze-verify.h'],
+-         [libcore, libshared],
+-         []],
+-
+         [['src/login/test-inhibit.c'],
+          [],
+          [],
diff --git a/SPECS/systemd.spec b/SPECS/systemd.spec
index 94d17d8..44e1b48 100644
--- a/SPECS/systemd.spec
+++ b/SPECS/systemd.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 Version:        247.3
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+
 Summary:        System and Service Manager
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ Patch0002:      https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/17495.patch
 # Downstream-only patches (0500–9999)
 # https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/17050
 Patch0501:      https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/17050/commits/f58b96d3e8d1cb0dd3666bc74fa673918b586612.patch
+# workaround for https://pagure.io/centos-sig-hyperscale/sig/issue/13
+Patch0502:      disable-broken-tests-for-binutils-bug.patch
 
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 aarch64
 %global have_gnu_efi 1
@@ -868,11 +870,16 @@ fi
 %files tests -f .file-list-tests
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 19 2021 Davide Cavalca <dcavalca@fb.com> - 247.3-2
+- Disable some tests to workaround a binutils bug triggered by enabling audit
+- Refresh patches
+
 * Wed Feb 17 2021 Anita Zhang <anitazha@fb.com> - 247.3-1
 - New release for 247
 - Backport PR #18211 (Fixes ExecCondition= dependency bug)
 - Backport PR #17872 (Fixes PrivateUsers=yes with other sandboxing properties)
 - FB only backport PR #17495 (Fixes BPF pinning post-coldplug)
+- Reenable audit support
 
 * Sun Feb  7 2021 Davide Cavalca <dcavalca@fb.com> - 246.1-2
 - Initial Hyperscale SIG package