diff --git a/net-misc/FORT-validator/FORT-validator-1.2.0.ebuild b/net-misc/FORT-validator/FORT-validator-1.2.0.ebuild
index 8b0695e846..17a3f11b53 100644
--- a/net-misc/FORT-validator/FORT-validator-1.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/FORT-validator/FORT-validator-1.2.0.ebuild
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ BDEPEND="
 	sys-devel/automake
 "
 
+PATCHES="${FILESDIR}/${PN}-skip-online-test.patch"
+
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 
-	rm test/http* || die
-
 	eautoreconf
 }
 
diff --git a/net-misc/FORT-validator/files/FORT-validator-skip-online-test.patch b/net-misc/FORT-validator/files/FORT-validator-skip-online-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91cbe23cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/FORT-validator/files/FORT-validator-skip-online-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/test/http_test.c b/test/http_test.c
+index 765b722..c904440 100644
+--- a/test/http_test.c
++++ b/test/http_test.c
+@@ -57,23 +57,7 @@ local_download(char const *url, long *response_code, struct response *resp)
+ 
+ START_TEST(http_fetch_normal)
+ {
+-	struct response resp;
+-	long response_code;
+-	char const *url = "https://rrdp.ripe.net/notification.xml";
+-
+-	init_response(&resp);
+-	response_code = 0;
+-
+-	ck_assert_int_eq(http_init(), 0);
+-	ck_assert_int_eq(local_download(url, &response_code, &resp), 0);
+-	ck_assert_int_gt(resp.size, 0);
+-
+-	http_cleanup();
+-	free(resp.content);
+-	if (response_code == 0)
+-		ck_abort_msg("NO response code received");
+-	else if (response_code >= HTTP_BAD_REQUEST)
+-		ck_abort_msg("Received response code %ld", response_code);
++
+ }
+ END_TEST
+