diff --git a/python-smartypants.changes b/python-smartypants.changes
index 3d4cd5b..5c058de 100644
--- a/python-smartypants.changes
+++ b/python-smartypants.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 14 20:32:40 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- add use-sys-executable.patch to run the tests with the flavor
+  python interpreter 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  8 10:03:32 UTC 2021 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-smartypants.spec b/python-smartypants.spec
index 34ef8c3..7795f8b 100644
--- a/python-smartypants.spec
+++ b/python-smartypants.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-smartypants
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 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
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
+%global pythons python310 python311
 Name:           python-smartypants
 Version:        2.0.1
 Release:        0
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py
 Source:         https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/smartypants-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         use-sys-executable.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module docutils}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pygments}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -43,10 +45,10 @@ typographic punctuation HTML entities.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n smartypants.py-%{version}
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %python_build
-sed -i 's:python:python3:' setup.py smartypants tests/*.py
 
 %install
 %python_install
diff --git a/use-sys-executable.patch b/use-sys-executable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cca18e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/use-sys-executable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+Index: smartypants.py-2.0.1/tests/test_cli.py
+===================================================================
+--- smartypants.py-2.0.1.orig/tests/test_cli.py
++++ smartypants.py-2.0.1/tests/test_cli.py
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
+ import tempfile
+ import unittest
+ from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
++import sys
+ 
+ CLI_SCRIPT = './smartypants'
+ 
+@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class TestCLI(unittest.TestCase):
+         T = '"foobar"'
+         E = '&#8220;foobar&#8221;'
+ 
+-        output = self._p([CLI_SCRIPT], T)
++        output = self._p([sys.executable, CLI_SCRIPT], T)
+         self.assertEquals(output, E)
+ 
+     def test_pipe_attr(self):
+@@ -41,11 +42,11 @@ class TestCLI(unittest.TestCase):
+         T = """"foo" ``bar''"""
+ 
+         E = T
+-        output = self._p([CLI_SCRIPT, '--attr', '0'], T)
++        output = self._p([sys.executable, CLI_SCRIPT, '--attr', '0'], T)
+         self.assertEquals(output, E)
+ 
+         E = """"foo" &#8220;bar&#8221;"""
+-        output = self._p([CLI_SCRIPT, '--attr', 'b'], T)
++        output = self._p([sys.executable, CLI_SCRIPT, '--attr', 'b'], T)
+         self.assertEquals(output, E)
+ 
+     def test_skipped_elements(self):
+@@ -53,19 +54,19 @@ class TestCLI(unittest.TestCase):
+         T = '<a>"foo"</a> <b>"bar"</b>'
+ 
+         E = '<a>&#8220;foo&#8221;</a> <b>&#8220;bar&#8221;</b>'
+-        output = self._p([CLI_SCRIPT], T)
++        output = self._p([sys.executable, CLI_SCRIPT], T)
+         self.assertEquals(output, E)
+ 
+         E = '<a>"foo"</a> <b>&#8220;bar&#8221;</b>'
+-        output = self._p([CLI_SCRIPT, '--skip', 'a'], T)
++        output = self._p([sys.executable, CLI_SCRIPT, '--skip', 'a'], T)
+         self.assertEquals(output, E)
+ 
+         E = '<a>&#8220;foo&#8221;</a> <b>"bar"</b>'
+-        output = self._p([CLI_SCRIPT, '--skip', 'b'], T)
++        output = self._p([sys.executable, CLI_SCRIPT, '--skip', 'b'], T)
+         self.assertEquals(output, E)
+ 
+         E = T
+-        output = self._p([CLI_SCRIPT, '--skip', 'a,b'], T)
++        output = self._p([sys.executable, CLI_SCRIPT, '--skip', 'a,b'], T)
+         self.assertEquals(output, E)
+ 
+     def test_file(self):
+@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class TestCLI(unittest.TestCase):
+             with open(F, 'w') as f:
+                 f.write(T)
+ 
+-            output = self._p([CLI_SCRIPT, F])
++            output = self._p([sys.executable, CLI_SCRIPT, F])
+         finally:
+             os.remove(F)
+         self.assertEquals(output, E)