diff --git a/590-rm-getStringIO.patch b/590-rm-getStringIO.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..768aec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/590-rm-getStringIO.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 7627296bdbab4cbd81ca91d655a9605f6630664f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?An=C5=BEe=20Pe=C4=8Dar?= <anze@pecar.me>
+Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:44:13 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove usage of getStringIO
+
+reportlab 3.6.7 removed getStringIO and getByteIO: https://github.com/MrBitBucket/reportlab-mirror/commit/684d21e2da8f835ca3670e78cc9a011ba71a7e9a
+
+This should resolve: Cannot import name 'getStringIO' from 'reportlab.lib.utils'  #589
+---
+ xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf_reportlab.py |    5 ++---
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf_reportlab.py
++++ b/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf_reportlab.py
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ from hashlib import md5
+ from reportlab.lib.enums import TA_RIGHT
+ from reportlab.lib.styles import ParagraphStyle
+-from reportlab.lib.utils import flatten, open_for_read, getStringIO, \
++from reportlab.lib.utils import flatten, open_for_read, \
+     LazyImageReader, haveImages
+ from reportlab.platypus.doctemplate import BaseDocTemplate, PageTemplate, IndexingFlowable
+ from reportlab.platypus.flowables import Flowable, CondPageBreak, \
+@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class PmlImageReader(object):  # TODO We
+                             register_reset(self._cache.clear)
+ 
+                         data = self._cache.setdefault(md5(data).digest(), data)
+-                    self.fp = getStringIO(data)
++                    self.fp = six.StringIO(data)
+                 elif imageReaderFlags == - 1 and isinstance(fileName, six.text_type):
+                     #try Ralf Schmitt's re-opening technique of avoiding too many open files
+                     self.fp.close()
diff --git a/python-xhtml2pdf.changes b/python-xhtml2pdf.changes
index dc255c8..6e41daf 100644
--- a/python-xhtml2pdf.changes
+++ b/python-xhtml2pdf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr  9 13:23:48 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
+
+- Add 590-rm-getStringIO.patch, use standard StringIO
+  (gh#xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf#589).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb  7 14:49:02 UTC 2021 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-xhtml2pdf.spec b/python-xhtml2pdf.spec
index a92aaa0..01b203a 100644
--- a/python-xhtml2pdf.spec
+++ b/python-xhtml2pdf.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-xhtml2pdf
 #
-# 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
@@ -25,17 +25,10 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf
 Source:         https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/xhtml2pdf-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM 590-rm-getStringIO.patch gh#xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf#589 mcepl@suse.com
+# Remove usage of getStringIO
+Patch0:         590-rm-getStringIO.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
-# SECTION test requirements
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pillow >= 7.0.2}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module PyPDF2 >= 1.26}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module arabic-reshaper >= 2.1.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module html5lib >= 1.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-bidi >= 0.4.2}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module reportlab >= 3.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
-# /SECTION
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-Pillow >= 7.0.2
@@ -47,9 +40,19 @@ Requires:       python-reportlab >= 3.0
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 Requires:       python-six
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
-Requires(postun): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 Conflicts:      python-pisa
 BuildArch:      noarch
+# SECTION test requirements
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pillow >= 7.0.2}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module PyPDF2 >= 1.26}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module arabic-reshaper >= 2.1.0}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module html5lib >= 1.0}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-bidi >= 0.4.2}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module reportlab >= 3.0}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
+# /SECTION
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -62,6 +65,8 @@ able to generate PDF templates very quickly without learning new technologies.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n xhtml2pdf-%{version}
+%autopatch -p1
+
 sed -i '1{/^#!/d}' xhtml2pdf/paragraph.py xhtml2pdf/w3c/*.py
 
 %build