diff --git a/h5py-Dont-reorder-compound-types.patch b/h5py-Dont-reorder-compound-types.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7f2074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/h5py-Dont-reorder-compound-types.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+diff -Naur h5py-2.7.1/h5py/h5t.pyx h5py-2.7.1.fixed/h5py/h5t.pyx
+--- h5py-2.7.1/h5py/h5t.pyx	2017-09-01 06:12:23.000000000 +0200
++++ h5py-2.7.1.fixed/h5py/h5t.pyx	2018-02-13 18:52:30.668283856 +0100
+@@ -1136,12 +1136,6 @@
+         else:
+             if sys.version[0] == '3':
+                 field_names = [x.decode('utf8') for x in field_names]
+-            if len(field_names) > 0:
+-                collated_fields = zip(field_names, field_types, field_offsets)
+-                ordered_fields = sorted(
+-                    collated_fields, key=operator.itemgetter(2))
+-                field_names, field_types, field_offsets = \
+-                    map(list, zip(*ordered_fields))
+             typeobj = dtype({
+                 'names': field_names,
+                 'formats': field_types,
+@@ -1458,8 +1452,7 @@
+     cdef dtype member_dt
+     cdef size_t member_offset = 0
+ 
+-    cdef dict offsets = {}
+-    cdef list fields = []
++    cdef dict fields = {}
+ 
+     # The challenge with correctly converting a numpy/h5py dtype to a HDF5 type
+     # which is composed of subtypes has three aspects we must consider
+@@ -1468,19 +1461,14 @@
+     # 2. For correct round-tripping of aligned dtypes, we need to consider how
+     #   much padding we need by looking at the field offsets
+     # 3. There is no requirement that the offsets be monotonically increasing
+-    #  (so we start by sorting the names as a function of increasing offset)
+     #
+     # The code below tries to cover these aspects
+ 
+-    # Get offsets for each compound member
+-    for name, field in dt.fields.items():
+-        offsets[name] = field[1]
+-
+     # Build list of names, offsets, and types, sorted by increasing offset
+     # (i.e. the position of the member in the struct)
+-    for name in sorted(dt.names, key=offsets.__getitem__):
++    for name in sorted(dt.names, key=(lambda n: dt.fields[n][1])):
+         field = dt.fields[name]
+-        name = name.encode('utf8') if isinstance(name, unicode) else name
++        h5_name = name.encode('utf8') if isinstance(name, unicode) else name
+ 
+         # Get HDF5 data types and set the offset for each member
+         member_dt = field[0]
+@@ -1489,7 +1477,7 @@
+         if aligned and (member_offset > field[1]
+                         or member_dt.itemsize != member_type.get_size()):
+             raise TypeError("Enforced alignment not compatible with HDF5 type")
+-        fields.append((name, member_offset, member_type))
++        fields[name] = (h5_name, member_offset, member_type)
+ 
+         # Update member offset based on the HDF5 type size
+         member_offset += member_type.get_size()
+@@ -1500,8 +1488,9 @@
+ 
+     # Create compound with the necessary size, and insert its members
+     tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_COMPOUND, member_offset)
+-    for (name, member_offset, member_type) in fields:
+-        H5Tinsert(tid, name, member_offset, member_type.id)
++    for name in dt.names:
++        h5_name, member_offset, member_type = fields[name]
++        H5Tinsert(tid, h5_name, member_offset, member_type.id)
+ 
+     return TypeCompoundID(tid)
+ 
+diff -Naur h5py-2.7.1/setup.py h5py-2.7.1.fixed/setup.py
+--- h5py-2.7.1/setup.py	2017-09-02 00:59:17.000000000 +0200
++++ h5py-2.7.1.fixed/setup.py	2018-02-13 18:52:30.668283856 +0100
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ # these are required to build h5py
+ # RUN_REQUIRES is included as setup.py test needs RUN_REQUIRES for testing
+ # RUN_REQUIRES can be removed when setup.py test is removed
+-SETUP_REQUIRES = RUN_REQUIRES + [NUMPY_DEP, 'Cython>=0.19', 'pkgconfig']
++SETUP_REQUIRES = RUN_REQUIRES + [NUMPY_DEP, 'Cython>=0.23', 'pkgconfig']
+ 
+ # Needed to avoid trying to install numpy/cython on pythons which the latest
+ # versions don't support
+diff -Naur h5py-2.7.1/tox.ini h5py-2.7.1.fixed/tox.ini
+--- h5py-2.7.1/tox.ini	2017-08-20 23:18:18.000000000 +0200
++++ h5py-2.7.1.fixed/tox.ini	2018-02-13 18:55:00.427628930 +0100
+@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
+ [testenv]
+ deps =
+     deps: numpy>=1.7
+-    deps: cython>=0.19
++    deps: cython>=0.23
+     mindeps: numpy==1.7
+-    mindeps: cython==0.19
++    mindeps: cython==0.23
+ commands =
+     test: python {toxinidir}/ci/fix_paths.py {envsitepackagesdir}
+     test: python -c "from sys import exit; import h5py; exit(0) if h5py.run_tests().wasSuccessful() else exit(1)"