diff --git a/pymodbus-2.2.0-correct-deps.patch b/pymodbus-2.2.0-correct-deps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ecb01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pymodbus-2.2.0-correct-deps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+diff -uNr pymodbus-2.2.0.old/requirements.txt pymodbus-2.2.0/requirements.txt
+--- pymodbus-2.2.0.old/requirements.txt	2019-04-18 10:46:52.000000000 +0200
++++ pymodbus-2.2.0/requirements.txt	2019-06-23 11:00:32.727902663 +0200
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-six==1.11.0
++six>=1.11.0
+ # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # if want to use the pymodbus serial stack, uncomment these
+ # -------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pymodbus.spec b/pymodbus.spec
index 8db01c3..e3ad3c3 100644
--- a/pymodbus.spec
+++ b/pymodbus.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Server Features \
 
 Name: pymodbus
 Version: 2.2.0
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary: %{sum}
 
 License: BSD
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ URL: https://github.com/riptideio/pymodbus
 Source0: https://github.com/riptideio/pymodbus/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 # to avoid packaging ez_setup
 Patch0: pymodbus-1.4.0-remove-ez_setup.patch
+# do not require a fixed version of python-six
+# https://github.com/riptideio/pymodbus/issues/384#issuecomment-487808056
+Patch1: pymodbus-2.2.0-correct-deps.patch
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: python3-devel
 
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ Recommends: python3-click
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .no_ez_setup
+%patch1 -p1 -b .correct-deps
 
 %build
 %py3_build
@@ -80,6 +84,10 @@ Recommends: python3-click
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{name}-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info/
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jun 23 2019 Christian Krause <chkr@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.0-2
+- Fix dependency issue (package can't be installed since a fixed
+  version of python-six was required)
+
 * Fri May 10 2019 Christian Krause <chkr@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.0-1
 - Updated to the latest upstream release 2.2.0
 - Add pymodbus.console with weak requirements to allow a minimal installation