diff --git a/0001-tests-add-workaround-for-pre-232-system-returning-EI.patch b/0001-tests-add-workaround-for-pre-232-system-returning-EI.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cf0413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-tests-add-workaround-for-pre-232-system-returning-EI.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+From 35a5b281adea321ea3f7b7d688a994e735366fb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
+Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:12:15 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] tests: add workaround for pre-232 system returning EINVAL on
+ some flags
+
+---
+ systemd/test/test_journal.py | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/systemd/test/test_journal.py b/systemd/test/test_journal.py
+index 090218334d..dceec3f18d 100644
+--- a/systemd/test/test_journal.py
++++ b/systemd/test/test_journal.py
+@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ def skip_enosys():
+             pytest.skip()
+         raise
+ 
++@contextlib.contextmanager
++def skip_valueerror():
++    try:
++        yield
++    except ValueError:
++        pytest.skip()
++
+ def test_priorities():
+     p = journal.JournalHandler.mapPriority
+ 
+@@ -62,10 +69,12 @@ def test_reader_init_flags():
+ def test_reader_os_root(tmpdir):
+     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+         journal.Reader(journal.OS_ROOT)
+-    j1 = journal.Reader(path=tmpdir.strpath,
+-                        flags=journal.OS_ROOT)
+-    j2 = journal.Reader(path=tmpdir.strpath,
+-                        flags=journal.OS_ROOT | journal.CURRENT_USER)
++    with skip_valueerror():
++        j1 = journal.Reader(path=tmpdir.strpath,
++                            flags=journal.OS_ROOT)
++    with skip_valueerror():
++        j2 = journal.Reader(path=tmpdir.strpath,
++                            flags=journal.OS_ROOT | journal.CURRENT_USER)
+     j3 = journal.Reader(path=tmpdir.strpath,
+                         flags=journal.OS_ROOT | journal.SYSTEM_ONLY)
+ 
+@@ -91,7 +100,8 @@ def test_reader_init_path_fd(tmpdir):
+         j1 = journal.Reader(path=fd)
+     assert list(j1) == []
+ 
+-    j2 = journal.Reader(journal.SYSTEM, path=fd)
++    with skip_valueerror():
++        j2 = journal.Reader(journal.SYSTEM, path=fd)
+     assert list(j2) == []
+ 
+     j3 = journal.Reader(journal.CURRENT_USER, path=fd)
+-- 
+2.9.0
+
diff --git a/0002-_reader-use-proper-ifdef-guard-for-sd_j_open_files_f.patch b/0002-_reader-use-proper-ifdef-guard-for-sd_j_open_files_f.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10dc486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0002-_reader-use-proper-ifdef-guard-for-sd_j_open_files_f.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From 13395b717a0951fa3f32ecb1629dfc1bbcf1b38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zbigniew=20J=C4=99drzejewski-Szmek?= <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
+Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:41:21 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] _reader: use proper ifdef guard for sd_j_open_files_fd
+
+---
+ systemd/_reader.c | 10 +++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/systemd/_reader.c b/systemd/_reader.c
+index 0f6fd3fac8..3a2c218346 100644
+--- a/systemd/_reader.c
++++ b/systemd/_reader.c
+@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ static int Reader_init(Reader *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds) {
+                         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+                 }
+         } else if (_files) {
+-#ifdef HAVE_JOURNAL_OPEN_FILES
+                 _cleanup_Py_DECREF_ PyObject *item0 = NULL;
+ 
+                 item0 = PySequence_GetItem(_files, 0);
+@@ -293,9 +292,13 @@ static int Reader_init(Reader *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds) {
+                         if (!strv_converter(_files, &files))
+                                 return -1;
+ 
++#ifdef HAVE_JOURNAL_OPEN_FILES
+                         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+                         r = sd_journal_open_files(&self->j, (const char**) files, flags);
+                         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
++#else
++                        r = -ENOSYS;
++#endif
+                 } else {
+                         _cleanup_free_ int *fds = NULL;
+                         size_t n_fds;
+@@ -303,13 +306,14 @@ static int Reader_init(Reader *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds) {
+                         if (!intlist_converter(_files, &fds, &n_fds))
+                                 return -1;
+ 
++#ifdef HAVE_JOURNAL_OPEN_DIRECTORY_FD
+                         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+                         r = sd_journal_open_files_fd(&self->j, fds, n_fds, flags);
+                         Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+-                }
+ #else
+-                r = -ENOSYS;
++                        r = -ENOSYS;
+ #endif
++                }
+         } else {
+                 Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+                 r = sd_journal_open(&self->j, flags);
+-- 
+2.9.0
+
diff --git a/python-systemd.spec b/python-systemd.spec
index 4b4f8bf..ca88947 100644
--- a/python-systemd.spec
+++ b/python-systemd.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Summary:        Python module wrapping systemd functionality
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/systemd/python-systemd
 Source0:        https://github.com/systemd/python-systemd/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         0001-tests-add-workaround-for-pre-232-system-returning-EI.patch
+Patch2:         0002-_reader-use-proper-ifdef-guard-for-sd_j_open_files_f.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ Requires:       js-jquery
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
+sed -i 's/py\.test/pytest/' Makefile
 
 %build
 make PYTHON=%{__python2} build