diff --git a/gpgme.changes b/gpgme.changes
index 0682134..95fc441 100644
--- a/gpgme.changes
+++ b/gpgme.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan 21 14:57:30 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- add python311.patch to build language bindings for python 3.11 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  8 18:35:11 UTC 2022 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/gpgme.spec b/gpgme.spec
index e7ab45d..0224916 100644
--- a/gpgme.spec
+++ b/gpgme.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 %bcond_with python3
 %bcond_without qt
 %endif
-%{!?python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-{**}}
 Name:           gpgme%{psuffix}
 Version:        1.18.0
 Release:        0
@@ -36,8 +35,8 @@ Summary:        Programmatic library interface to GnuPG
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Security
 URL:            https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/
-Source:         ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Source1:        ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-%{version}.tar.bz2.sig
+Source:         https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source1:        https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-%{version}.tar.bz2.sig
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 # https://www.gnupg.org/signature_key.html
 Source3:        gpgme.keyring
@@ -51,6 +50,8 @@ Patch4:         gpgme-D546-python310.patch
 Patch5:         gpgme-1.18.0-T6137-qt_test.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE gpgme-suse-nobetasuffix.patch code@bnavigator.de -- remove "-unknown" betasuffix boo#1205197
 Patch6:         gpgme-suse-nobetasuffix.patch
+# Enable python 3.11 as well
+Patch7:         python311.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
@@ -215,11 +216,7 @@ management.
 This package contains the bindings to use the library in Qt C++ applications.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n gpgme-%{version}
-%patch3 -p1
-%patch4 -p1
-%patch5 -p1
-%patch6 -p1
+%autosetup -p1 -n gpgme-%{version}
 
 %build
 ./autogen.sh
diff --git a/python311.patch b/python311.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d82879f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python311.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Index: gpgme-1.18.0/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- gpgme-1.18.0.orig/configure.ac
++++ gpgme-1.18.0/configure.ac
+@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ if test "$found_py" = "1"; then
+ 	if test "$found_py" = "1" -o "$found_py3" = "1"; then
+ 	  # Reset everything, so that we can look for another Python.
+           m4_foreach([mym4pythonver],
+-                     [[2.7],[3.4],[3.5],[3.6],[3.7],[3.8],[3.9],[3.10],[all]],
++                     [[2.7],[3.4],[3.5],[3.6],[3.7],[3.8],[3.9],[3.10],[3.11],[all]],
+            [unset PYTHON
+ 	    unset PYTHON_VERSION
+ 	    unset PYTHON_CPPFLAGS
+Index: gpgme-1.18.0/m4/python.m4
+===================================================================
+--- gpgme-1.18.0.orig/m4/python.m4
++++ gpgme-1.18.0/m4/python.m4
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_PYTHON],
+   m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST],
+ [python2 python2.7 dnl
+  python dnl
+- python3 python3.10 python3.9 python3.8 python3.7 python3.6 python3.5 python3.4
++ python3 python3.11 python3.10 python3.9 python3.8 python3.7 python3.6 python3.5 python3.4
+  ])
+ 
+   AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON], [the Python interpreter])