diff --git a/SOURCES/0003-Do-not-skip-type-mandatory-in-xml-output-and-test-it-RhBu1771224.patch b/SOURCES/0003-Do-not-skip-type-mandatory-in-xml-output-and-test-it-RhBu1771224.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b74ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0003-Do-not-skip-type-mandatory-in-xml-output-and-test-it-RhBu1771224.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From be21c727509e252859d7850f7d7ec06c51ba15b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Ale=C5=A1=20Mat=C4=9Bj?= <amatej@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 12:08:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not skip type=mandatory in xml output and test it
+ (RhBug:1771224)
+
+The mandatory type is used when no other configuration and no other
+type is specified but since this behavior can be overridden with passed
+configuration it doesn't make sense to always skip outputting the type
+mandatory.
+The user can specify for example optional type as default and then
+the knowledge that some specific <packagereq> were mandatory would be
+lost.
+
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1771224
+---
+ libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c     |  5 +++--
+ libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py | 10 +++++++++-
+ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c b/libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c
+index 25d8564..f2d6bae 100644
+--- a/libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c
++++ b/libcomps/src/comps_docpackage.c
+@@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ signed char comps_docpackage_xml(COMPS_DocGroupPackage *pkg,
+         str = "conditional";
+     else
+         str = "default";
+-    if (pkg->type != COMPS_PACKAGE_MANDATORY)
+-        ret = xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, BAD_CAST "type", BAD_CAST str);
++
++    ret = xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, BAD_CAST "type", BAD_CAST str);
++
+     if (pkg->requires) {
+         str = comps_object_tostr((COMPS_Object*)pkg->requires);
+         ret = xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute(writer, (xmlChar*) "requires",
+diff --git a/libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py b/libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py
+index c7529f3..9cb957a 100644
+--- a/libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py
++++ b/libcomps/src/python/tests/__test.py
+@@ -620,6 +620,14 @@ def test_hash(self):
+         self.assertTrue(hash(pkg2) != hash(pkg3))
+         self.assertTrue(len(set([pkg1,pkg2,pkg3])) == 2)
+ 
++    def test_mandatory_in_xml_out(self):
++        self.comps = libcomps.Comps()
++        self.comps.groups.append(libcomps.Group("g1", "group1", "group desc", 0, 0, 0, "en"))
++        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)
++
+ #@unittest.skip("skip")
+ class DictTest(unittest.TestCase):
+     def test_dict(self):
+@@ -998,7 +1006,7 @@ def test_xml_options(self):
+         self.assertEqual(len(comps2.groups), 0)
+         self.assertEqual(len(comps2.categories), 0)
+         self.assertEqual(len(comps2.environments), 0)
+-        
++
+         s = comps.toxml_str(xml_options={"empty_groups": True,
+                                      "empty_categories": True,
+                                      "empty_environments": True})
diff --git a/SPECS/libcomps.spec b/SPECS/libcomps.spec
index f2d6496..856a014 100644
--- a/SPECS/libcomps.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libcomps.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 Name:           libcomps
 Version:        0.1.11
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Comps XML file manipulation library
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ URL:            https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libcomps
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         0001-Fix-order-of-asserts-in-unit-test-RhBug1713220.patch
 Patch1:         0002-Empty-dict-created-by-_by_lang-in-python-api-causes-segfault.patch
+Patch2:         0003-Do-not-skip-type-mandatory-in-xml-output-and-test-it-RhBu1771224.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  cmake
@@ -191,6 +192,9 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 13 2020 Ales Matej <amatej@redhat.com> - 0.1.11-4
+- Do not skip type=mandatory in xml output (RhBug:1771224)
+
 * Wed Nov 13 2019 Ales Matej <amatej@redhat.com> - 0.1.11-3
 - Fix segfault caused by empty dict created by *_by_lang in python api (RhBug:1757959)