diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3661cd34..9a16647d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ llvm-toolchain-snapshot (1:6.0~svn315736-2) unstable; urgency=medium
     - clang_CXXRecord_isAbstract
     - clang_Cursor_getObjCManglings
     - clang_getCursorTLSKind
+  * add test-keep-alive.diff to improve the keep alive for some
+    archs like mips*
 
- -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:24:33 +0200
+ -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:59:34 +0100
 
 llvm-toolchain-snapshot (1:6.0~svn315736-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 017d8a4b..fa0b226f 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ disable-error-xray.diff
 lldb-disable-swig-error.diff
 silent-test-macho.diff
 silent-llvm-isel-fuzzer.diff
+test-keep-alive.diff
diff --git a/debian/patches/test-keep-alive.diff b/debian/patches/test-keep-alive.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f22c66f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/test-keep-alive.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Index: llvm-toolchain-5.0-5.0.1~+rc1/utils/lit/lit/ProgressBar.py
+===================================================================
+--- llvm-toolchain-5.0-5.0.1~+rc1.orig/utils/lit/lit/ProgressBar.py
++++ llvm-toolchain-5.0-5.0.1~+rc1/utils/lit/lit/ProgressBar.py
+@@ -189,15 +189,7 @@ class SimpleProgressBar:
+             return
+ 
+         for i in range(self.atIndex, next):
+-            idx = i % 5
+-            if idx == 0:
+-                sys.stdout.write('%-2d' % (i*2))
+-            elif idx == 1:
+-                pass # Skip second char
+-            elif idx < 4:
+-                sys.stdout.write('.')
+-            else:
+-                sys.stdout.write(' ')
++            sys.stdout.write('%-2d ' % (i*2))
+         sys.stdout.flush()
+         self.atIndex = next
+