diff --git a/8348.patch b/8348.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89d5fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/8348.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 838568da9fce85b4555b0e0cbd899c8e8ef75696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: George Bosilca <bosilca@icl.utk.edu>
+Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 13:30:40 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] A started generalized request should be marked as pending.
+
+Fixes #8340
+
+Signed-off-by: George Bosilca <bosilca@icl.utk.edu>
+(cherry picked from commit 434a2515f8aab11f505b2fca0b3d8cc41e24cef2)
+---
+ ompi/request/grequest.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/ompi/request/grequest.c b/ompi/request/grequest.c
+index c895b4232b6..02affd642aa 100644
+--- a/ompi/request/grequest.c
++++ b/ompi/request/grequest.c
+@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ int ompi_grequest_start(
+     greq->greq_free.c_free = gfree_fn;
+     greq->greq_cancel.c_cancel = gcancel_fn;
+     greq->greq_base.req_status = ompi_status_empty;
++    greq->greq_base.req_complete = REQUEST_PENDING;
+ 
+     *request = &greq->greq_base;
+     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/openmpi.spec b/openmpi.spec
index 92e74fe..52b5fcc 100644
--- a/openmpi.spec
+++ b/openmpi.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 Name:           openmpi%{?_cc_name_suffix}
 Version:        4.1.0
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Open Message Passing Interface
 License:        BSD and MIT and Romio
 URL:            http://www.open-mpi.org/
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ Source3:        openmpi.pth.py3
 Source4:        macros.openmpi
 
 # Fix AVX library linkage
-Patch0:          https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/open-mpi/ompi/pull/8322.patch
+Patch0:         https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/open-mpi/ompi/pull/8322.patch
+# Fix generalized requests (mpi4py test failure)
+Patch1:         https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/open-mpi/ompi/pull/8348.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gcc-gfortran
@@ -361,6 +363,9 @@ make check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 28 2021 Orion Poplawski <orion@nwra.com> - 4.1.0-5
+- Add upstream patch for generalized requests
+
 * Thu Jan 28 2021 Orion Poplawski <orion@nwra.com> - 4.1.0-4
 - Add upstream patch to fix AVX library linkage