diff --git a/demock.patch b/demock.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c5a13f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demock.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+ gtts/tests/test_tts.py |    2 +-
+ setup.cfg              |    1 -
+ 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/gtts/tests/test_tts.py
++++ b/gtts/tests/test_tts.py
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+ import os
+ import pytest
+-from mock import Mock
++from unittest.mock import Mock
+ from six.moves import urllib
+ 
+ from gtts.tts import gTTS, gTTSError
+--- a/setup.cfg
++++ b/setup.cfg
+@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ tests =
+   pytest-cov
+   flake8
+   testfixtures
+-  mock
+   six
+ docs =
+   sphinx
diff --git a/network-tests.patch b/network-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8918c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+ gtts/tests/test_tts.py |    1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+--- a/gtts/tests/test_tts.py
++++ b/gtts/tests/test_tts.py
+@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def test_no_text_parts(tmp_path):
+ # Test write_to_fp()/save() cases not covered elsewhere in this file
+ 
+ 
++@pytest.mark.net
+ def test_bad_fp_type():
+     """Raise TypeError if fp is not a file-like object (no .write())"""
+     # Create gTTS and save
diff --git a/python-gTTS.changes b/python-gTTS.changes
index b2bc0dd..848539e 100644
--- a/python-gTTS.changes
+++ b/python-gTTS.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 21 14:46:30 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
+
+- Make tests working at least a little bit. Requires two new patches:
+  - demock.patch (gh#pndurette/gTTS#343)
+  - network-tests.patch (gh#pndurette/gTTS#344)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 21 13:27:59 UTC 2022 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-gTTS.spec b/python-gTTS.spec
index cc92c0a..eb37ee8 100644
--- a/python-gTTS.spec
+++ b/python-gTTS.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/pndurette/gTTS
 Source:         https://github.com/pndurette/gTTS/archive/refs/tags/v%{version}.tar.gz#/gTTS-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM demock.patch gh#pndurette/gTTS#343 mcepl@suse.com
+# remove dependency on the external mock package
+Patch0:         demock.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM network-tests.patch gh#pndurette/gTTS#344 mcepl@suse.com
+# one more test marked as the network requiring
+Patch1:         network-tests.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module beautifulsoup4}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module click}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module gTTS-token >= 1.1.3}
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ utility. It allows unlimited lengths to be spoken by tokenizing long
 sentences where the speech would naturally pause.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n gTTS-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n gTTS-%{version}
 
 %build
 %python_build
@@ -65,8 +71,7 @@ sentences where the speech would naturally pause.
 
 %check
 # tests are sadly mostly online
-# https://github.com/pndurette/gTTS/issues/343
-#%%pytest
+%pytest -k 'not net'
 
 %post
 %python_install_alternative gtts-cli