diff --git a/optional-websockify.patch b/optional-websockify.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed732fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/optional-websockify.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- websockify-0.10.0/setup.py
++++ websockify-0.10.0/setup.py
+@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
+ 
+       packages=['websockify'],
+       include_package_data=True,
+-      install_requires=['numpy'],
+       zip_safe=False,
+       entry_points={
+         'console_scripts': [
diff --git a/python-websockify.changes b/python-websockify.changes
index cc2ca75..6057bd2 100644
--- a/python-websockify.changes
+++ b/python-websockify.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  7 11:54:41 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- add optional-websockify.patch to make dependency on numpy optional
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov  8 19:53:48 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-websockify.spec b/python-websockify.spec
index 5ee6a85..a275a12 100644
--- a/python-websockify.spec
+++ b/python-websockify.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-websockify
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
-%global skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-websockify
 Version:        0.10.0
 Release:        0
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ Summary:        WebSocket to TCP proxy/bridge
 License:        BSD-2-Clause AND LGPL-3.0-only AND MPL-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://github.com/novnc/websockify
 Source:         https://github.com/novnc/websockify/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         optional-websockify.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cryptography}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module jwcrypto}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
@@ -34,18 +34,13 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module simplejson}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy if (%python-base without python36-base)}
-%if %{python_version_nodots} > 36
-Requires:       python-numpy
-%endif
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%if %{with python2}
-BuildRequires:  python-enum34
-%endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 Recommends:     python-jwcrypto
+Recommends:     python-numpy
 Recommends:     python-redis
 Recommends:     python-simplejson
 %endif
@@ -76,7 +71,7 @@ the target in both directions.
 This package contains common files.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n websockify-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n websockify-%{version}
 # remove unwanted shebang
 sed -i '1 { /^#!/ d }' websockify/websock*.py