diff --git a/0001_disabling_boxed_xdist_test.patch b/0001_disabling_boxed_xdist_test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8903d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001_disabling_boxed_xdist_test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/tests/test_pytest_cov.py	2022-11-11 21:00:59.063033789 +0100
++++ b/tests/test_pytest_cov.py	2022-11-11 21:22:22.097947660 +0100
+@@ -1554,8 +1554,9 @@
+ '''
+ 
+ SCRIPT_SIMPLE_RESULT = '4 * 100%'
+-
+-
++                    
++@pytest.mark.skipif('tuple(map(int, xdist.__version__.split("."))) >= (2, 5, 0)',
++                    reason="--boxed option was removed in version 2.5.0")
+ @pytest.mark.skipif('sys.platform == "win32"')
+ def test_dist_boxed(testdir):
+     script = testdir.makepyfile(SCRIPT_SIMPLE)
diff --git a/python-pytest-cov.spec b/python-pytest-cov.spec
index 003942e..d1928d4 100644
--- a/python-pytest-cov.spec
+++ b/python-pytest-cov.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Summary:        Coverage plugin for pytest
 License:        MIT
 URL:            %{forgeurl}
 Source:         %{forgesource}
+Patch:          0001_disabling_boxed_xdist_test.patch 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  pyproject-rpm-macros