diff --git a/cleanup_tests.patch b/cleanup_tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97de9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cleanup_tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+ tests/__init__.py |    1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/tests/__init__.py
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++# This file intentionally left blank.
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python-pycares.changes b/python-pycares.changes
index 14091ac..0ffe27a 100644
--- a/python-pycares.changes
+++ b/python-pycares.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
-Tue Oct  4 23:59:04 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
+Thu Dec  8 22:21:16 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
-- Update to version 4.2.2 
-  no changelog
+- Add cleanup_tests.patch to make the test suite slightly more sane.
+- No, the test suite is just broken, and the upstream doesn't care.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 11 13:59:59 UTC 2022 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
diff --git a/python-pycares.spec b/python-pycares.spec
index a435437..3b1edb0 100644
--- a/python-pycares.spec
+++ b/python-pycares.spec
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/saghul/pycares
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pycares/pycares-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM cleanup_tests.patch bsc#[0-9]+ mcepl@suse.com
+# Make the test suite slightly more normal
+Patch0:         cleanup_tests.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  c-ares-devel
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -42,7 +46,8 @@ c-ares. c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name
 resolutions asynchronously
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n pycares-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n pycares-%{version}
+
 rm -Rf
 
 %build
@@ -52,6 +57,11 @@ rm -Rf
 %python_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitearch}
 
+%check
+# Test suite is broken anywhere else outside of the upstream CI,
+# and upstream doesn't care.
+# %%pyunittest_arch -v tests.tests
+
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE
 %doc ChangeLog README.rst