diff --git a/0001-Use-importlib.resources-in-python-3.7.patch b/0001-Use-importlib.resources-in-python-3.7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43ed86e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Use-importlib.resources-in-python-3.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+From e1392feda59ed0fdcf10934d57f833c64e99c19a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alfredo Moralejo <amoralej@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:39:36 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Use importlib.resources in python >= 3.7
+
+importlib.resources was added to python standard library since python 3.7
+[1]. This patch is implementing conditional to use it instead of the
+importlib_resources backport when using python 3.7 or newer.
+
+[1] https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.7.html
+---
+ setup.cfg                        | 2 +-
+ src/saml2/sigver.py              | 7 ++++++-
+ src/saml2/xml/schema/__init__.py | 7 ++++++-
+ 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
+index e04c5520..41ccdd7f 100644
+--- a/setup.cfg
++++ b/setup.cfg
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ install_requires =
+     pytz
+     requests >= 1.0.0
+     six
+-    importlib_resources
++    importlib_resources;python_version<'3.7'
+     xmlschema >= 1.2.1
+ 
+ 
+diff --git a/src/saml2/sigver.py b/src/saml2/sigver.py
+index 973d6245..c9c66b13 100644
+--- a/src/saml2/sigver.py
++++ b/src/saml2/sigver.py
+@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ import logging
+ import os
+ import re
+ import six
++import sys
+ from uuid import uuid4 as gen_random_key
+ from time import mktime
+ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+ from subprocess import Popen
+ from subprocess import PIPE
+-from importlib_resources import path as _resource_path
+ 
+ from OpenSSL import crypto
+ 
+@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ from saml2.xmlenc import EncryptedData
+ from saml2.xml.schema import node_to_schema
+ from saml2.xml.schema import XMLSchemaError
+ 
++# importlib.resources was introduced in python 3.7
++if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 7):
++    from importlib.resources import path as _resource_path
++else:
++    from importlib_resources import path as _resource_path
+ 
+ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+ 
+diff --git a/src/saml2/xml/schema/__init__.py b/src/saml2/xml/schema/__init__.py
+index 56e08b1c..ce38b807 100644
+--- a/src/saml2/xml/schema/__init__.py
++++ b/src/saml2/xml/schema/__init__.py
+@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+-from importlib_resources import path as _resource_path
++import sys
+ 
+ from xmlschema import XMLSchema as _XMLSchema
+ from xmlschema.exceptions import XMLSchemaException as XMLSchemaError
+ 
+ import saml2.data.schemas as _data_schemas
+ 
++# importlib.resources was introduced in python 3.7
++if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 7):
++    from importlib.resources import path as _resource_path
++else:
++    from importlib_resources import path as _resource_path
+ 
+ def _create_xml_schema_validator(source, **kwargs):
+     kwargs = {
+-- 
+2.26.3
+