diff --git a/subversion-1.14.1-python-3.11-build.patch b/subversion-1.14.1-python-3.11-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8801ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subversion-1.14.1-python-3.11-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Use read_file instead of deprecated readfp  - removed in Python 3.11 
+
+diff -ur subversion-1.14.1/build/generator/gen_base.py subversion-1.14.1-patched/build/generator/gen_base.py
+--- subversion-1.14.1/build/generator/gen_base.py	2019-11-04 06:59:36.000000000 +0100
++++ subversion-1.14.1-patched/build/generator/gen_base.py	2021-12-15 14:04:50.041649320 +0100
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
+ 
+     # Now read and parse build.conf
+     parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+-    parser.readfp(open(fname))
++    parser.read_file(open(fname))
+ 
+     self.conf = build_path(os.path.abspath(fname))
+ 
diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 401700b..97c0f90 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 Summary: A Modern Concurrent Version Control System
 Name: subversion
 Version: 1.14.1
-Release: 6%{?dist}
+Release: 7%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://subversion.apache.org/
 Source0: https://downloads.apache.org/subversion/subversion-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Patch4: subversion-1.8.0-rubybind.patch
 Patch5: subversion-1.8.5-swigplWall.patch
 Patch6: subversion-1.14.1-testnoautoprops.patch
 Patch7: subversion-1.14.1-fixjavatests.patch
+Patch8: subversion-1.14.1-python-3.11-build.patch
+
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: autoconf, libtool, texinfo, which, gcc, gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: swig >= 1.3.24, gettext
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ This package includes supplementary tools for use with Subversion.
 %patch5 -p1 -b .swigplWall
 %patch6 -p1 -b .testnoautoprops
 %patch7 -p1 -b .fixjavatests
+%patch8 -p1 -b .pythonbuild
 
 :
 : === Building:
@@ -577,6 +580,9 @@ make check-javahl
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 16 2021 Richard Lescak <rlescak@redhat.com> - 1.14.1-7
+- Replaced deprecated method readfp() in gen_base.py to build with Python 3.11 (#2019019)
+
 * Thu Jul 29 2021 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.14.1-6
 - fix intermittent FTBFS in tests (#1956806)