diff --git a/no2to3.patch b/no2to3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5593e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/no2to3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: behave-1.2.6/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- behave-1.2.6.orig/setup.py
++++ behave-1.2.6/setup.py
+@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ setup(
+             "pylint",
+         ],
+     },
+-    # MAYBE-DISABLE: use_2to3
+-    use_2to3= bool(python_version >= 3.0),
+     license="BSD",
+     classifiers=[
+         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
diff --git a/python-behave.changes b/python-behave.changes
index f28b583..0359804 100644
--- a/python-behave.changes
+++ b/python-behave.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  1 09:46:46 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- add no2to3.patch for compatibility with newer setuptools 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  8 06:52:58 UTC 2021 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-behave.spec b/python-behave.spec
index b23dd67..cc662b2 100644
--- a/python-behave.spec
+++ b/python-behave.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-behave
 #
-# 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
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ License:        BSD-2-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/behave/behave
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/b/behave/behave-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         no2to3.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ code.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n behave-%{version}
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %python_build