diff --git a/hplip-add-ppd-crash.patch b/hplip-add-ppd-crash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43bcd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hplip-add-ppd-crash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index ba1b519..4f64eed 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -556,6 +556,9 @@ else: # INTERACTIVE_MODE
+                             else:
+                                 nickname = open(file_path, 'r').read(4096)
+ 
++                            if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
++                                nickname = nickname.decode('utf-8')
++
+                             try:
+                                 desc = nickname_pat.search(nickname).group(1)
+                             except AttributeError:
diff --git a/hplip.spec b/hplip.spec
index 2681b82..d0a336d 100644
--- a/hplip.spec
+++ b/hplip.spec
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ Patch40: 0027-Fixed-incomplete-removal-of-hp-toolbox-features-whic.patch
 # New tool - hp-uiscan - misses support of -h argument and crashes with traceback
 # Reported as https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1810943
 Patch41: hplip-uiscan-help.patch
+# hp-setup crashed when user wanted to define a path to PPD file. It was due
+# byte + string variables incompatibility and it is fixed by decoding the 
+# bytes-like variable
+# part of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666076
+# reported upstream https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1814272
+Patch42: hplip-add-ppd-crash.patch
 
 Requires: %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: python3-pillow
@@ -315,6 +321,8 @@ rm prnt/hpcups/ErnieFilter.{cpp,h} prnt/hpijs/ernieplatform.h
 
 %patch40 -p1 -b .toolbox-crash
 %patch41 -p1 -b .uiscan-help
+# part of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666076
+%patch42 -p1 -b .add-ppd-crash
 
 sed -i.duplex-constraints \
     -e 's,\(UIConstraints.* \*Duplex\),//\1,' \
@@ -605,6 +613,7 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/hplip-systray.desktop
 * Fri Feb 01 2019 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 3.18.12-3
 - m277-m281 printer support got some fixes, so try to do not use our downstream patch
 - hpcups-update-ppds can freeze sometimes, add timeout for to be sure
+- fixed hp-setup crash when user wants to define path to PPD file
 
 * Fri Feb 01 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.18.12-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild