diff --git a/python-oauthlib-dont-require-unittest2.patch b/python-oauthlib-dont-require-unittest2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ac23fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-oauthlib-dont-require-unittest2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2014-05-16 13:11:38.534023056 +0200
++++ setup.py	2014-05-16 13:11:48.046011144 +0200
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+ if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+     tests_require = ['nose', 'pycrypto']
+ else:
+-    tests_require = ['nose', 'unittest2', 'pycrypto', 'mock']
++    tests_require = ['nose', 'pycrypto', 'mock']
+ rsa_require = ['pycrypto']
+ 
+ requires = []
diff --git a/python-oauthlib.spec b/python-oauthlib.spec
index ada51e1..54d9cf3 100644
--- a/python-oauthlib.spec
+++ b/python-oauthlib.spec
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Group:              Development/Libraries
 License:            BSD
 URL:                http://pypi.python.org/pypi/oauthlib
 Source0:            http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/o/%{modname}/%{modname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# python-unittest2 is now provided by "python" package and python-unittest is retired
+#  adapt setup.py to reflect this fact downstream
+Patch0:             python-oauthlib-dont-require-unittest2.patch
 
 BuildArch:          noarch
 
@@ -74,6 +77,8 @@ very little effort.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{modname}-%{version}
 
+%patch0 -p0
+
 # Remove bundled egg-info in case it exists
 rm -rf %{modname}.egg-info