diff --git a/0001-Mock-the-.__class__-attribute-so-tests-pass-in-py2.patch b/0001-Mock-the-.__class__-attribute-so-tests-pass-in-py2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d13f635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Mock-the-.__class__-attribute-so-tests-pass-in-py2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From cdf486b9eb4f1c0f295ead9921631c16f3c39151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou@pingoured.fr>
+Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:15:19 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Mock the .__class__ attribute so tests pass in py2
+
+Signed-off-by: Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou@pingoured.fr>
+---
+ test_version.py | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/test_version.py b/test_version.py
+index f23ba4b..0d5a493 100644
+--- a/test_version.py
++++ b/test_version.py
+@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ class get_changelog_path_TestCase(
+         if not hasattr(self, 'script_filename'):
+             self.script_filename = self.default_script_filename
+ 
++        self.test_distribution.__class__ = distutils.dist.Distribution
+         self.test_distribution.packages = None
+         self.test_distribution.package_dir = {'': self.script_directory}
+         self.test_distribution.script_name = self.script_filename
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/python-daemon.spec b/python-daemon.spec
index 9acff6b..82ee5a4 100644
--- a/python-daemon.spec
+++ b/python-daemon.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 Name:           python-daemon
 Version:        2.2.3
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process
 
 # Some build scripts and test franework are licensed GPLv3+ but htose aren't shipped
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ URL:            http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon/
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # Fix python3.8 socket tests. Already upstream.
 Patch0:         https://pagure.io/python-daemon/c/b7089121e305ef29dee9b72bfdb8b1496ffed48c.patch
+# Fix the test suite in py2
+Patch1:         0001-Mock-the-.__class__-attribute-so-tests-pass-in-py2.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel, python2-setuptools
@@ -115,6 +117,9 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(pwd) %{__python3} -m unittest discover
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 20 2019 Pierre-Yves Chibon <pingou@pingoured.fr> - 2.2.3-5
+- Patch the test suite so it passes with py2
+
 * Sun Aug 18 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.2.3-4
 - Rebuilt for Python 3.8