diff --git a/python-cairocffi-xfail.patch b/python-cairocffi-xfail.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5b4aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-cairocffi-xfail.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+diff --git a/cairocffi/test_cairo.py b/cairocffi/test_cairo.py
+index 867c9cf..e086415 100644
+--- a/cairocffi/test_cairo.py
++++ b/cairocffi/test_cairo.py
+@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ def test_device_scale():
+     assert surface.get_device_scale() == (2, 3)
+ 
+ 
+-@pytest.mark.xfail(cairo_version() < 11504,
+-                   reason='Cairo version too low')
++@pytest.mark.xfail(not (11504 <= cairo_version() < 11706),
++                   reason='Cairo version too bad')
+ def test_metadata():
+     file_obj = io.BytesIO()
+     surface = PDFSurface(file_obj, 1, 1)
+@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ def test_metadata():
+     assert b'/ModDate (20130721234600Z)' in pdf_bytes
+ 
+ 
+-@pytest.mark.xfail(cairo_version() < 11504,
+-                   reason='Cairo version too low')
++@pytest.mark.xfail(not (11504 <= cairo_version() < 11706),
++                   reason='Cairo version too bad')
+ def test_outline():
+     file_obj = io.BytesIO()
+     surface = PDFSurface(file_obj, 1, 1)
+@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ def test_outline():
+     assert b'/Title (title 2)' in pdf_bytes
+ 
+ 
+-@pytest.mark.xfail(cairo_version() < 11504,
+-                   reason='Cairo version too low')
++@pytest.mark.xfail(not (11504 <= cairo_version() < 11706),
++                   reason='Cairo version too bad')
+ def test_page_label():
+     file_obj = io.BytesIO()
+     surface = PDFSurface(file_obj, 1, 1)
+@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ def test_page_label():
+     assert b'/P (abc)' in pdf_bytes
+ 
+ 
+-@pytest.mark.xfail(cairo_version() < 11504,
+-                   reason='Cairo version too low')
++@pytest.mark.xfail(not (11504 <= cairo_version() < 11706),
++                   reason='Cairo version too bad')
+ def test_tag():
+     file_obj = io.BytesIO()
+     surface = PDFSurface(file_obj, 10, 10)
+@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ def test_thumbnail_size():
+     assert len(pdf_bytes1) < len(pdf_bytes2)
+ 
+ 
+-@pytest.mark.xfail(cairo_version() < 11510,
+-                   reason='Cairo version too low')
++@pytest.mark.xfail(not (11510 <= cairo_version() < 11706),
++                   reason='Cairo version too bad')
+ def test_document_unit():
+     surface = SVGSurface(None, 1, 2)
+     assert surface.get_document_unit() == SVG_UNIT_PT
+@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ def test_png():
+         surface = ImageSurface.create_from_png(io.BytesIO(b''))
+ 
+ 
+-@pytest.mark.xfail(cairo_version() < 11000,
+-                   reason='Cairo version too low')
++@pytest.mark.xfail(not (11000 <= cairo_version() < 11706),
++                   reason='Cairo version too bad')
+ def test_pdf_versions():
+     assert set(PDFSurface.get_versions()) >= set([
+         cairocffi.PDF_VERSION_1_4, cairocffi.PDF_VERSION_1_5])
+@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ def test_pdf_versions():
+     assert file_obj.getvalue().startswith(b'%PDF-1.4')
+ 
+ 
++@pytest.mark.xfail(not (cairo_version() < 11706),
++                   reason='Cairo version too bad')
+ def test_pdf_surface():
+     with temp_directory() as tempdir:
+         filename = os.path.join(tempdir, 'foo.pdf')
diff --git a/python-cairocffi.spec b/python-cairocffi.spec
index 78d64ed..bb10eba 100644
--- a/python-cairocffi.spec
+++ b/python-cairocffi.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ License:        BSD
 URL:            https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cairocffi/
 Source0:        %{pypi_source}
 Patch0:         python-cairocffi-disable-linters.patch
+Patch1:         python-cairocffi-xfail.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ rm -rf %{srcname}.egg-info
 %changelog
 * Mon Jun 06 2022 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.3.0-3
 - Drop some unneeded build time dependencies
+- Xfail tests failing with cairo 1.17.6
 
 * Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild