diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 00c74c3e5..e64bf0e75 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
    the necessary functions, not from the openssl version.
  - (dtucker) [contrib/ssh-copy-id] bz#2117: Use portable operator in test.
    Patch from cjwatson at debian.
+ - (dtucker) [regress/forwarding.sh] For (as yet unknown) reason, the
+   forwarding test is extremely slow copying data on some machines so switch
+   back to copying the much smaller ls binary until we can figure out why
+   this is.
 
 20130602
  - (tim) [Makefile.in] Make Solaris, UnixWare, & OpenServer linkers happy
diff --git a/regress/forwarding.sh b/regress/forwarding.sh
index 2ba140fee..1c408603c 100644
--- a/regress/forwarding.sh
+++ b/regress/forwarding.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 tid="local and remote forwarding"
 
+DATA=/bin/ls${EXEEXT}
+
 start_sshd
 
 base=33