diff --git a/python-lxml.changes b/python-lxml.changes
index 6f684c6..ef2dfec 100644
--- a/python-lxml.changes
+++ b/python-lxml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  4 14:52:53 UTC 2023 - David Anes <david.anes@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch skip-test-under-libxml2-2.11.1.patch:
+  * Skip a test if using libxml2 >= 2.11.1
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Apr 23 23:11:01 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-lxml.spec b/python-lxml.spec
index e861c88..0bb6a4b 100644
--- a/python-lxml.spec
+++ b/python-lxml.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Patch0:         close_file_before_test.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Skip a test under libxml2 2.10.4+
 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxml/+bug/2016939
 Patch1:         skip-test-under-libxml2-2.10.4.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Skip a test under libxml2 2.11.1+
+# https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxml/+bug/2018522
+Patch2:         skip-test-under-libxml2-2.11.1.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython >= 0.29.7}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cssselect >= 0.9.1}
diff --git a/skip-test-under-libxml2-2.11.1.patch b/skip-test-under-libxml2-2.11.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1139722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skip-test-under-libxml2-2.11.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Index: lxml-4.9.2/src/lxml/tests/test_io.py
+===================================================================
+--- lxml-4.9.2.orig/src/lxml/tests/test_io.py
++++ lxml-4.9.2/src/lxml/tests/test_io.py
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .common_imports import (
+     read_file, write_to_file, BytesIO, tmpfile
+ )
+ 
++import lxml
+ 
+ class _IOTestCaseBase(HelperTestCase):
+     """(c)ElementTree compatibility for IO functions/methods
+@@ -304,6 +305,7 @@ class _IOTestCaseBase(HelperTestCase):
+             os.unlink(f.name)
+         self.assertEqual(utext, root.text)
+ 
++    @unittest.skipIf(lxml.etree.LIBXML_VERSION >= (2, 11, 1), "libxml2 regression has issues with utf16")
+     def test_iterparse_utf16_bom(self):
+         utext = _str('Søk på nettet')
+         uxml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><p>%s</p>' % utext