diff --git a/python-jsonpatch.spec b/python-jsonpatch.spec
index a376794..3cda7c6 100644
--- a/python-jsonpatch.spec
+++ b/python-jsonpatch.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ URL:            https://github.com/stefankoegl/%{github_name}
 #Source0:        https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/j/%{pypi_name}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # pypi tarball does not contain README.md and tests.py
 Source0:        https://pypi.io/packages/source/j/jsonpatch/%{pypi_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# Fix python 3 tests
+# From upstream commit: https://github.com/stefankoegl/python-json-patch/commit/d6e9a0047bad780b53151f572ea257f1cb6ebe41
+Patch0: use-inspect.signature-on-Python-3.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ Library to apply JSON Patches according to RFC 6902 - Python 3 build.
 
 %prep
 %setup -qn %{pypi_name}-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %py2_build
@@ -112,6 +116,7 @@ done;
 %changelog
 * Fri Dec 09 2016 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 1.14-2
 - Rebuild for Python 3.6
+- Added upstream patch for fixing python3 tests failures
 
 * Mon Sep  5 2016 Haïkel Guémar <hguemar@fedoraproject.org> - 1.14-1
 - Upstream 1.14
diff --git a/use-inspect.signature-on-Python-3.patch b/use-inspect.signature-on-Python-3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48df694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/use-inspect.signature-on-Python-3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From d6e9a0047bad780b53151f572ea257f1cb6ebe41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Victor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:13:00 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Use inspect.signature() on Python 3
+
+The inspect.getargspec() function has been deprecated in Python 3:
+https://docs.python.org/3/library/inspect.html#inspect.getargspec
+---
+ jsonpatch.py | 7 +++++--
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/jsonpatch.py b/jsonpatch.py
+index 32508e2..3c83f61 100644
+--- a/jsonpatch.py
++++ b/jsonpatch.py
+@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ def get_loadjson():
+     function with object_pairs_hook set to multidict for Python versions that
+     support the parameter. """
+ 
+-    argspec = inspect.getargspec(json.load)
+-    if 'object_pairs_hook' not in argspec.args:
++    if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
++        args = inspect.signature(json.load).parameters
++    else:
++        args = inspect.getargspec(json.load).args
++    if 'object_pairs_hook' not in args:
+         return json.load
+ 
+     return functools.partial(json.load, object_pairs_hook=multidict)