diff --git a/00289-fix-nis-compilation.patch b/00289-fix-nis-compilation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d4e3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00289-fix-nis-compilation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 3eb6ad1..3437e48 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -1331,20 +1331,14 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+             exts.append( Extension('termios', ['termios.c']) )
+             # Jeremy Hylton's rlimit interface
+             exts.append( Extension('resource', ['resource.c']) )
++        else:
++            missing.extend(['resource', 'termios'])
+ 
+-            # Sun yellow pages. Some systems have the functions in libc.
+-            if (host_platform not in ['cygwin', 'qnx6'] and
+-                find_file('rpcsvc/yp_prot.h', inc_dirs, []) is not None):
+-                if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'nsl')):
+-                    libs = ['nsl']
+-                else:
+-                    libs = []
+-                exts.append( Extension('nis', ['nismodule.c'],
+-                                       libraries = libs) )
+-            else:
+-                missing.append('nis')
++        nis = self._detect_nis(inc_dirs, lib_dirs)
++        if nis is not None:
++            exts.append(nis)
+         else:
+-            missing.extend(['nis', 'resource', 'termios'])
++            missing.append('nis')
+ 
+         # Curses support, requiring the System V version of curses, often
+         # provided by the ncurses library.
+@@ -2179,6 +2173,51 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+         )
+         return ext
+ 
++    def _detect_nis(self, inc_dirs, lib_dirs):
++        if host_platform in {'win32', 'cygwin', 'qnx6'}:
++            return None
++
++        libs = []
++        library_dirs = []
++        includes_dirs = []
++
++        # Latest glibc has moved Sun RPC headers into tircp and nsl sub
++        # directories. rpc code has been moved to libtirpc.
++        rpcsvc_inc = find_file(
++            'rpcsvc/yp_prot.h', inc_dirs,
++            ['/usr/local/include/nsl', '/usr/include/nsl']
++        )
++        rpc_inc = find_file(
++            'rpc/rpc.h', inc_dirs,
++            ['/usr/local/include/tirpc', '/usr/include/tirpc']
++        )
++        if rpcsvc_inc is None or rpc_inc is None:
++            # not found
++            return None
++        includes_dirs.extend(rpcsvc_inc)
++        includes_dirs.extend(rpc_inc)
++
++        if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'nsl'):
++            libs.append('nsl')
++        else:
++            # libnsl-devel: check for libnsl in nsl/ subdirectory
++            nsl_dirs = [os.path.join(lib_dir, 'nsl') for lib_dir in lib_dirs]
++            libnsl = self.compiler.find_library_file(nsl_dirs, 'nsl')
++            if libnsl is not None:
++                library_dirs.append(os.path.dirname(libnsl))
++                libs.append('nsl')
++
++        if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'tirpc'):
++            libs.append('tirpc')
++
++        return Extension(
++            'nis', ['nismodule.c'],
++            libraries=libs,
++            library_dirs=library_dirs,
++            include_dirs=includes_dirs
++        )
++
++
+ class PyBuildInstall(install):
+     # Suppress the warning about installation into the lib_dynload
+     # directory, which is not in sys.path when running Python during
diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index 8bb01e0..7495259 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ URL: https://www.python.org/
 #  WARNING  When rebasing to a new Python version,
 #           remember to update the python3-docs package as well
 Version: %{pybasever}.3
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 License: Python
 
 
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ BuildRequires: glibc-devel
 BuildRequires: gmp-devel
 BuildRequires: libappstream-glib
 BuildRequires: libffi-devel
+BuildRequires: libnsl2-devel
+BuildRequires: libtirpc-devel
 BuildRequires: libGL-devel
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
@@ -361,6 +363,15 @@ Patch277: 00277-fix-test-subprocess-hanging-tests.patch
 # Fixed upstream: https://bugs.python.org/issue31532
 Patch279: 00279-fix-memory-corruption-due-to-allocator-mix.patch
 
+# 00289 #
+# Fix the compilation of the nis module, as glibc removed the
+# interfaces related to Sun RPC and they are now provided
+# by libtirpc and libnsl2.
+# See: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/SunRPCRemoval
+# and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/NISIPv6
+# Fixed upstream: https://bugs.python.org/issue32521
+Patch289: 00289-fix-nis-compilation.patch
+
 # (New patches go here ^^^)
 #
 # When adding new patches to "python" and "python3" in Fedora, EL, etc.,
@@ -623,6 +634,7 @@ sed -r -i s/'_PIP_VERSION = "[0-9.]+"'/'_PIP_VERSION = "%{pip_version}"'/ Lib/en
 %patch274 -p1
 %patch277 -p1
 %patch279 -p1
+%patch289 -p1
 
 
 # Remove files that should be generated by the build
@@ -1487,6 +1499,9 @@ fi
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 12 2018 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 3.6.3-5
+- Fix the compilation of the nis module.
+
 * Tue Nov 21 2017 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 3.6.3-4
 - Raise the release of platform-python obsoletes for better maintainability