diff --git a/vagrant-libvirt-0.11.2-Allow-a-mock-object-to-receive-synced_folders.patch b/vagrant-libvirt-0.11.2-Allow-a-mock-object-to-receive-synced_folders.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41976a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant-libvirt-0.11.2-Allow-a-mock-object-to-receive-synced_folders.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From f87d4330953effdea41355d2daedb6b9659f39d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jarek Prokop <jprokop@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:24:07 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Allow a mock object to receive synced_folders when using qemu
+ session.
+
+When using qemu session, there is another code path
+regarding 9p and virtiofs that wasn't considered.
+---
+ spec/unit/config_spec.rb | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/spec/unit/config_spec.rb b/spec/unit/config_spec.rb
+index d205214..e606b89 100644
+--- a/spec/unit/config_spec.rb
++++ b/spec/unit/config_spec.rb
+@@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::ProviderLibvirt::Config do
+       let (:vm) { double('vm') }
+       before do
+         machine.config.instance_variable_get("@keys")[:vm] = vm
++
++        allow(vm).to receive(:synced_folders).and_return({})
+       end
+ 
+       it 'is valid with valid mac' do
+-- 
+2.39.1
+
diff --git a/vagrant-libvirt.spec b/vagrant-libvirt.spec
index 6648e1a..bce5657 100644
--- a/vagrant-libvirt.spec
+++ b/vagrant-libvirt.spec
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@ Source1: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant-spec/archive/%{vagrant_spec_commit
 # A bit modified: spec/support/libvirt_acceptance_context.rb does not exist
 # with 0.7.0 yet
 Patch0: vagrant-libvirt-pr1709-ruby32-File_exists-URL-parse.patch
+# Allow a mock object to receive synced_folders in config validation spec.
+# We do not care about synced folder check when testing MAC configuration.
+# https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt/pull/1721
+Patch1: vagrant-libvirt-0.11.2-Allow-a-mock-object-to-receive-synced_folders.patch
 
 # Enable QEMU Session by default
 # https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt/pull/969
-# NOTE: This breaks some tests, which are therefore disabled below.
 Patch100: vagrant-libvirt-0.0.45-enable-qemu-session-by-default.patch
 
 Requires: ruby(release)
 Requires: ruby(rubygems)
 Requires: rubygem(diffy)
-Requires: rubygem(fog-core) >= 2
 Requires: rubygem(fog-libvirt) >= 0.6.0
 Requires: rubygem(nokogiri) >= 1.6
 Requires: rubygem(rexml)
@@ -44,10 +46,7 @@ BuildRequires: rubygem(fog-libvirt)
 BuildRequires: rubygem(rake)
 BuildRequires: rubygem(rdoc)
 BuildRequires: rubygem(rexml)
-BuildRequires: rubygem(rspec) >= 3.10
-BuildRequires: rubygem(rspec-core) >= 3.5
-BuildRequires: rubygem(rspec-expectations) >= 3.5
-BuildRequires: rubygem(rspec-mocks) >= 3.5
+BuildRequires: rubygem(rspec)
 BuildRequires: rubygem(thor)
 BuildRequires: rubygem(xml-simple)
 BuildRequires: rubygems-devel
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ Documentation for %{name}.
 %setup -q -n %{vagrant_plugin_name}-%{version} -b 1
 
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 %patch100 -p1
 
 %build
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ cp -a .%{vagrant_plugin_dir}/* \
         %{buildroot}%{vagrant_plugin_dir}/
 
 %check
-## Edit gemspec of vagrant-spec
+# Edit gemspec of vagrant-spec
 pushd ../vagrant-spec-%{vagrant_spec_commit}
 # Remove the git reference, which is useless in our case.
 sed -i '/git / s/^/#/' vagrant-spec.gemspec
 
-## Relax the dependencies, since Fedora ships with newer versions.
+# Relax the dependencies, since Fedora ships with newer versions.
 sed -i '/thor/ s/~>/>=/' vagrant-spec.gemspec
 sed -i '/rspec/ s/~>/>=/' vagrant-spec.gemspec
 popd
@@ -106,21 +106,18 @@ gem 'vagrant-spec', :path => '%{_builddir}/vagrant-spec-%{vagrant_spec_commit}'
 gemspec
 EOG
 
-## We don't care about code coverage, but editing such large chunks of source
-## code is error-prone (2nd sed unbalances begin/end blocks), so leave it alone
-## and take the build time penalty to save maintainer time.
-#sed -i '/require .simplecov./ s/^/#/' spec/spec_helper.rb
-#sed -i '/SimpleCov/,/^end/ s/^/#/' spec/spec_helper.rb
-#sed -i '/simplecov/ s/^/#/' %{vagrant_plugin_name}.gemspec
-
-# Relax developement rspec dependency
-sed -i '/rspec/ s/~>/>=/' %{vagrant_plugin_name}.gemspec
-
-# Disable tests that use synced_folders, as they're not supported under qemu:///session
-sed -i "s/describe '#validate' do/xdescribe '#validate' do/" spec/unit/config_spec.rb
+# Unless rsync binary is present, vagrant-libvirt
+# decides to use other methods of folder sync in tests,
+# breaking set expectations for the test environment.
+# https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt/issues/1415#issuecomment-985272836
+# Luckily, it just needs `rsync` in $PATH for tests to pass.
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+touch "${tmpdir}/rsync"
+chmod +x "${tmpdir}/rsync"
 
 # Suppress deprecation warnings
 GEM_PATH=%{vagrant_plugin_dir}:`ruby -e "print Gem.path.join(':')"` \
+PATH="$PATH:${tmpdir}" \
 bundle exec rspec spec
 
 popd