diff --git a/0001-test-fix-discovery-of-location.patch b/0001-test-fix-discovery-of-location.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af98636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-test-fix-discovery-of-location.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From d93e1563add8c40450556b7d74520439ee792bd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pino Toscano <ptoscano@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:50:18 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] test: fix discovery of location
+
+Use __file__ to detect the location of the script instead of sys.argv,
+so it will work also when loaded as module.
+---
+ test/test_augeas.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/test/test_augeas.py b/test/test_augeas.py
+index 10edbe6..7474841 100644
+--- a/test/test_augeas.py
++++ b/test/test_augeas.py
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import unittest
+ import sys
+ import os
+ 
+-__mydir = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
++__mydir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+ if not os.path.isdir(__mydir):
+     __mydir = os.getcwd()
+ 
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/python-augeas.spec b/python-augeas.spec
index 610f293..45f1318 100644
--- a/python-augeas.spec
+++ b/python-augeas.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 Name:		python-augeas
 Version:	0.5.0
-Release:	19%{?dist}
+Release:	20%{?dist}
 Summary:	Python bindings to augeas
 License:	LGPLv2+
 URL:		http://augeas.net/
 Source0:	http://fedorahosted.org/released/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         0001-test-fix-discovery-of-location.patch
 BuildArch:	noarch
 
 BuildRequires:	python3-setuptools
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ python3-augeas is a set of Python bindings around augeas.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %{py3_build}
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ python3-augeas is a set of Python bindings around augeas.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 02 2020 Pino Toscano <ptoscano@redhat.com> - 0.5.0-20
+- Backport upstream commit d93e1563add8c40450556b7d74520439ee792bd9 to fix
+  the discovery of location in the test
+
 * Thu Jan 30 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.5.0-19
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild