diff --git a/cloud-init-17.1-deprecated_platform_dist.patch b/cloud-init-17.1-deprecated_platform_dist.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..494e107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloud-init-17.1-deprecated_platform_dist.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Index: cloud-init-17.1/cloudinit/util.py
+===================================================================
+--- cloud-init-17.1.orig/cloudinit/util.py
++++ cloud-init-17.1/cloudinit/util.py
+@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
+ import contextlib
+ import copy as obj_copy
+ import ctypes
++import distro
+ import email
+ import glob
+ import grp
+@@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ def system_info():
+         'release': platform.release(),
+         'python': platform.python_version(),
+         'uname': platform.uname(),
+-        'dist': platform.dist(),  # pylint: disable=W1505
++        'dist': distro.linux_distribution(full_distribution_name=False),
+     }
+     system = info['system'].lower()
+     var = 'unknown'
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index 881297e..c4089e3 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           cloud-init
 Version:        17.1
-Release:        9%{?dist}
+Release:        10%{?dist}
 Summary:        Cloud instance init scripts
 License:        ASL 2.0 or GPLv3
 URL:            http://launchpad.net/cloud-init
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Patch4:          cloud-init-17.1-fix-local-ipv4-only.patch
 # opennebula: exclude EPOCHREALTIME as known bash env variable with a delta.
 Patch5:         cloud-init-17.1-exclude_EPOCHREALTIME.patch
 
+# platform.dist has been removed in Pyton 3.8.
+Patch6:         cloud-init-17.1-deprecated_platform_dist.patch
+
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
@@ -158,6 +161,9 @@ nosetests-%{python3_version} tests/unittests/
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 23 2019 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 17.1-10
+- Add patch to replace platform.dist() [RH:1695953]
+
 * Tue Apr 23 2019 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 17.1-9
 - Fix %%systemd_postun macro [RH:1695953]
 - Add patch to fix failing test for EPOCHREALTIME bash env [RH:1695953]