diff --git a/argv0_subcommand.patch b/argv0_subcommand.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6ccc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/argv0_subcommand.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+diff -Naur org/jupyter_core/command.py patch/jupyter_core/command.py
+--- org/jupyter_core/command.py	2021-11-12 09:01:30.121064192 +0100
++++ patch/jupyter_core/command.py	2021-11-12 09:07:57.943564964 +0100
+@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
+         sys.exit(e)
+ 
+     try:
+-        _execvp(command, sys.argv[1:])
++        _execvp(command, [command] + sys.argv[2:])
+     except OSError as e:
+         sys.exit("Error executing Jupyter command %r: %s" % (subcommand, e))
+ 
+diff -Naur org/jupyter_core/tests/test_command.py patch/jupyter_core/tests/test_command.py
+--- org/jupyter_core/tests/test_command.py	2021-11-12 09:01:59.721265505 +0100
++++ patch/jupyter_core/tests/test_command.py	2021-11-12 09:09:21.832084810 +0100
+@@ -192,3 +192,27 @@
+         env[str('PATHEXT')] = '.EXE'
+     out = check_output([sys.executable, str(jupyter), 'witness'], env=env)
+     assert b'WITNESS A' in out
++
++def test_argv0(tmpdir):
++    a = tmpdir.mkdir("a")
++    jupyter = a.join('jupyter')
++    jupyter.write(
++        'from jupyter_core import command; command.main()'
++    )
++    jupyter.chmod(0o700)
++    witness_a = a.join('jupyter-witness')
++    witness_a_src = f'''#!{sys.executable}
++import sys
++print(sys.argv[0])
++'''
++    write_executable(witness_a, witness_a_src)
++
++    env = {}
++    if 'SYSTEMROOT' in os.environ:  # Windows http://bugs.python.org/issue20614
++        env[str('SYSTEMROOT')] = os.environ['SYSTEMROOT']
++    if sys.platform == 'win32':
++        env[str('PATHEXT')] = '.EXE'
++    out = check_output([sys.executable, str(jupyter), 'witness'], env=env)
++
++    # Make sure the first argv is the full path to the executing script
++    assert f'{jupyter}-witness'.encode() in out
diff --git a/python-jupyter-core.changes b/python-jupyter-core.changes
index afd23f4..c6b1773 100644
--- a/python-jupyter-core.changes
+++ b/python-jupyter-core.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 12 08:25:01 UTC 2021 - Stefan Schubert <schubi@suse.de>
+
+- Patch for solving gh#openSUSE/libalternatives#11:
+  argv0_subcommand.patch
+  This patch can be removed while releasing version >4.9.1.
+- Enabled using libalternatives again.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 28 19:16:16 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-jupyter-core.spec b/python-jupyter-core.spec
index 7c1dce3..85eab42 100644
--- a/python-jupyter-core.spec
+++ b/python-jupyter-core.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file
+# spec file for package python-jupyter-core
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 
 
 #
-%bcond_with libalternatives_issue_11_fixed
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500 && %{with libalternatives_issue_11_fixed}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
 %bcond_without libalternatives
 %else
 %bcond_with libalternatives
@@ -43,6 +42,8 @@ URL:            https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_core
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/j/jupyter_core/jupyter_core-%{version}.tar.gz
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE -- use_rpms_paths.patch -- change paths so they are easy to replace at build time
 Patch0:         use_rpms_paths.patch
+# argv0_subcommand.patch can be removed with releasing version > 4.9.1
+Patch1:         argv0_subcommand.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module traitlets}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ as a dependency by packages that require it.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n jupyter_core-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 # Set the appropriate hardcoded paths dynamically
 sed -i "s|\"_datadir_jupyter_\"|\"%{_datadir}/jupyter\"|" jupyter_core/paths.py
 sed -i "s|\"_sysconfdir_jupyter_\"|\"%{_sysconfdir}/jupyter\"|" jupyter_core/paths.py