diff --git a/fontParts-pr720-py312tests.patch b/fontParts-pr720-py312tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..977f984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fontParts-pr720-py312tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From d7484cd98051aa1588683136da0bb99eac31523b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Martin Weinelt <hexa@darmstadt.ccc.de>
+Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 15:03:48 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Replace remaining usage of assertEquals with assertEqual
+
+This fixes the tests on Python 3.12, where assertEquals was removed.
+---
+ Lib/fontParts/test/test_glyph.py | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Lib/fontParts/test/test_glyph.py b/Lib/fontParts/test/test_glyph.py
+index 1cad7814..20d01ae6 100644
+--- a/Lib/fontParts/test/test_glyph.py
++++ b/Lib/fontParts/test/test_glyph.py
+@@ -1356,9 +1356,9 @@ def test_isEmpty_false_component(self):
+ 
+     def test_removeOverlap(self):
+         glyph = self.getGlyph_generic()
+-        self.assertEquals(len(glyph), 2)
++        self.assertEqual(len(glyph), 2)
+         glyph.removeOverlap()
+-        self.assertEquals(len(glyph), 1)
++        self.assertEqual(len(glyph), 1)
+ 
+ 
+ def test_generator(test_name, metric, value):
diff --git a/python-fontParts.changes b/python-fontParts.changes
index a660e44..7a5bc8a 100644
--- a/python-fontParts.changes
+++ b/python-fontParts.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar  3 18:07:37 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Build PEP517 wheel
+- Clean old flavor directives
+- Add fontParts-pr720-py312tests.patch gh#robotools/fontParts#720
+  for python312 compatibility
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  7 21:29:37 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-fontParts.spec b/python-fontParts.spec
index 679d085..1f5cc24 100644
--- a/python-fontParts.spec
+++ b/python-fontParts.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
-# spec file
+# spec file for package python-fontParts
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 %define psuffix %{nil}
 %bcond_with test
 %endif
-%define skip_python2 1
-%define skip_python36 1
+
 Name:           python-fontParts%{psuffix}
 Version:        0.12.1
 Release:        0
@@ -33,8 +32,12 @@ Summary:        API for interacting with the parts of fonts
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/robotools/fontParts
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/f/fontParts/fontParts-%{version}.zip
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM fontParts-pr720-py312tests.patch gh#robotools/fontParts#720
+Patch0:         https://github.com/robotools/fontParts/pull/720.patch#/fontParts-pr720-py312tests.patch
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  unzip
@@ -67,16 +70,16 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module unicodedata2 if %python-base < 3.9}
 An API for interacting with the parts of fonts during the font development process.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n fontParts-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n fontParts-%{version}
 
 %build
 export LANG=C.UTF-8
-%python_build
+%pyproject_wheel
 
 %install
 %if !%{with test}
 export LANG=C.UTF-8
-%python_install
+%pyproject_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 %endif
 
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ export LANG=C.UTF-8
 %check
 export LANG=C.UTF-8
 export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
-%python_expand PYTHONPATH=./Lib $python Lib/fontParts/fontshell/test.py
+%python_expand PYTHONPATH=./Lib $python Lib/fontParts/fontshell/test.py -v
 %endif
 
 %if !%{with test}
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 %doc README.rst
 %license LICENSE
 %{python_sitelib}/fontParts
-%{python_sitelib}/fontParts-%{version}*-info
+%{python_sitelib}/fontParts-%{version}.dist-info
 %endif
 
 %changelog