diff --git a/ignore-pkg_resources-deprecation.patch b/ignore-pkg_resources-deprecation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d705897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ignore-pkg_resources-deprecation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: numpy-1.24.2/pytest.ini
+===================================================================
+--- numpy-1.24.2.orig/pytest.ini
++++ numpy-1.24.2/pytest.ini
+@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ filterwarnings =
+ # Ignore DeprecationWarnings from distutils
+     ignore::DeprecationWarning:.*distutils
+     ignore:\n\n  `numpy.distutils`:DeprecationWarning
++# Ignore DeprecationWarning from pkg_resources
++    ignore:pkg_resources:DeprecationWarning
+ # Ignore mypy >= 0.971 DeprecationWarnings
+     ignore:path is deprecated\. Use files\(\) instead:DeprecationWarning:mypy
diff --git a/python-numpy.changes b/python-numpy.changes
index c3f1ca4..3c2a2dd 100644
--- a/python-numpy.changes
+++ b/python-numpy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 24 07:02:57 UTC 2023 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch ignore-pkg_resources-deprecation.patch:
+  * Ignore DeprecationWarning from pkg_resources. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 22 13:08:22 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-numpy.spec b/python-numpy.spec
index dd209e9..dfe20b6 100644
--- a/python-numpy.spec
+++ b/python-numpy.spec
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ Source99:       python-numpy-rpmlintrc
 Patch0:         numpy-buildfix.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE numpy-1.9.0-remove-__declspec.patch -- fix for spurious compiler warnings that cause build failure
 Patch1:         numpy-1.9.0-remove-__declspec.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Ignore DeprecationWarnings when importing pkg_resources
+Patch2:         ignore-pkg_resources-deprecation.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython >= 0.29.30}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}