diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1482ea5..a1d8858 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /*.tar.gz
 /*.rpm
 
+/dmlite-python3.patch
diff --git a/dmlite.spec b/dmlite.spec
index 8a32f86..e1568cd 100644
--- a/dmlite.spec
+++ b/dmlite.spec
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ URL:					https://gitlab.cern.ch/lcgdm/dmlite
 # git clone http://gitlab.cern.ch/lcgdm/dmlite.git
 # cd dmlite && git archive --prefix dmlite-1.13.2/ tags/v1.13.2 | gzip > dmlite-1.13.2.tar.gz
 Source0:				%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         dmlite-python3.patch
 
 %if %{?fedora}%{!?fedora:0} >= 17 || %{?rhel}%{!?rhel:0} >= 7
 BuildRequires:      gcc-c++
@@ -735,6 +736,9 @@ This package provides the modules for the DPM configuration via puppet
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+%if %{?fedora}%{!?fedora:0} >= 31 || %{?rhel}%{!?rhel:0} >= 8
+%patch0 -p1
+%endif
 
 %build
 ./src/plugins/apache-httpd/buildcurl.sh
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2d52a75..dfc47a4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+SHA512 (dmlite-python3.patch) = ddbf90a11e081965095d30cd75cfbed74cc3ed374dd52adddc0998942e47d1f3991af14a1b9cc2577720bd9456b6d7eaf07131ee76a389551de4647f804cfb99
 SHA512 (dmlite-1.13.2.tar.gz) = 92c05c08b53ffd8a0dbed6f9d81f715049ec5f187f8a66469fd20a95f548f97582d95d84675275e80afdf6577d0377b074eccacda52bd73c4ded3053e9cde844