diff --git a/libflate_lz77-fix-metadata.diff b/libflate_lz77-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ba8cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libflate_lz77-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- libflate_lz77-2.1.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ libflate_lz77-2.1.0/Cargo.toml	2024-05-01T17:54:23.366782+00:00
+@@ -33,15 +33,10 @@
+ [dependencies.rle-decode-fast]
+ version = "1.0.0"
+ 
+-[dev-dependencies.libflate]
+-version = "2.0"
+-default-features = false
+-
+ [features]
+ default = ["std"]
+ std = [
+     "core2/std",
+-    "libflate/std",
+ ]
+ 
+ [badges.coveralls]
diff --git a/rust-libflate_lz77.spec b/rust-libflate_lz77.spec
index 23b3a13..6bb3107 100644
--- a/rust-libflate_lz77.spec
+++ b/rust-libflate_lz77.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Summary:        LZ77 encoder for libflate crate
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/libflate_lz77
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+# * drop libflate to break circular dependency
+Patch:          libflate_lz77-fix-metadata.diff
 
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
 
@@ -73,7 +76,8 @@ use the "std" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
 
 %if %{with check}
 %check
-%cargo_test
+# * Skip doc tests as they require libflate
+%cargo_test -- --lib
 %endif
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86bed5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[tests]
+run = ["lib"]
+comments = ["Skip doc tests as they require libflate"]