diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-Dont-print-empty-requires.patch b/SOURCES/0001-Dont-print-empty-requires.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acdd2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-Dont-print-empty-requires.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 7c999e57303d9b0afffde7354742988388fade3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aleš Matěj <amatej@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:35:06 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Don't print empty requires
+
+The function `comps_object_tostr` used to get the string returns either
+a valid value or if there is none it returns allocated "0" char.
+
+Closes: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libcomps/issues/23
+---
+ libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c     | 5 +++--
+ libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c b/libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c
+index 07cc30a..331036e 100644
+--- a/libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c
++++ b/libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c
+@@ -169,8 +169,9 @@ signed char comps_docpackage_xml(COMPS_DocGroupPackage *pkg,
+ 
+     if (pkg->requires) {
+         str = comps_object_tostr((COMPS_Object*)pkg->requires);
+-        ret = xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*) "requires",
+-                                            BAD_CAST str);
++        if (str && *str) {
++            ret = xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*) "requires", BAD_CAST str);
++        }
+         free(str);
+     }
+     COMPS_XMLRET_CHECK()
+diff --git a/libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py b/libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py
+index 2b321e3..35a41f7 100644
+--- a/libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py
++++ b/libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py
+@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ class PackageTest(unittest.TestCase):
+         self.comps.groups[0].packages.append(libcomps.Package("kernel", libcomps.PACKAGE_TYPE_MANDATORY))
+ 
+         out = self.comps.xml_str()
+-        self.assertTrue("<packagereq type=\"mandatory\" requires=\"\">kernel</packagereq>" in out)
++        self.assertTrue("<packagereq type=\"mandatory\">kernel</packagereq>" in out)
+ 
+ #@unittest.skip("skip")
+ class DictTest(unittest.TestCase):
+--
+libgit2 1.0.1
+
diff --git a/SPECS/libcomps.spec b/SPECS/libcomps.spec
index 38ca348..281f2c3 100644
--- a/SPECS/libcomps.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libcomps.spec
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 Name:           libcomps
 Version:        0.1.16
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Comps XML file manipulation library
 
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libcomps
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         0001-Dont-print-empty-requires.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ popd
 %{python3_sitearch}/%{name}-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 21 2021 Pavla Kratochvilova <pkratoch@redhat.com> - 0.1.16-2
+- Backport patch: Don't print empty requires
+
 * Fri Apr 30 2021 Pavla Kratochvilova <pkratoch@redhat.com> - 0.1.16-1
 - Update to 0.1.16
 - Make inline function __comps_objmrtree_all also static (RhBug:1793424)