diff --git a/0001-Fix-tests-with-python-3.12.1.patch b/0001-Fix-tests-with-python-3.12.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b638b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Fix-tests-with-python-3.12.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 033c0aa3e1a51cb70a97762252059e70cc2f671c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Garcia Moreno <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
+Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:40:14 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix tests with python 3.11.7
+
+---
+Backported to 0.5 (s/six/io/ below)
+
+ tests/test_compat.py | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/tests/test_compat.py b/tests/test_compat.py
+index 8d7c785..86d0524 100644
+--- a/tests/test_compat.py
++++ b/tests/test_compat.py
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++import os
+ from iniparse import compat as ConfigParser
+ from six import StringIO
+ try:
+@@ -263,6 +264,8 @@ class mystr(str):
+ 
+     def test_read_returns_file_list(self):
+         file1 = test_support.findfile("cfgparser.1")
++        if not os.path.exists(file1):
++            file1 = test_support.findfile("configdata/cfgparser.1")
+         # check when we pass a mix of readable and non-readable files:
+         cf = self.newconfig()
+         parsed_files = cf.read([file1, "nonexistant-file"])
diff --git a/python-iniparse.spec b/python-iniparse.spec
index bff005a..ac66f70 100644
--- a/python-iniparse.spec
+++ b/python-iniparse.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ URL:            https://github.com/candlepin/python-iniparse
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # https://github.com/candlepin/python-iniparse/pull/24
 Patch6:         0006-Fix-compatibility-issues-with-Python-3.11.patch
+# https://github.com/candlepin/python-iniparse/pull/29
+Patch7:         0001-Fix-tests-with-python-3.12.1.patch
 
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