diff --git a/44a66e208c5771e0897bcf27430a3afa171ba4c2.patch b/44a66e208c5771e0897bcf27430a3afa171ba4c2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb256aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/44a66e208c5771e0897bcf27430a3afa171ba4c2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From 44a66e208c5771e0897bcf27430a3afa171ba4c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Gilles Gouaillardet <gilles@rist.or.jp>
+Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 08:49:20 +0900
+Subject: [PATCH] threads: fix WAIT_SYNC_INIT with a zero count
+
+WAIT_SYNC_INIT(sync,0); WAIT_SYNC_RELEASE(sync);
+hanged because sync->signaled was initialised to true, and
+there is no reason to invoke WAIT_SYNC_SIGNALED(sync) before
+WAIT_SYNC_RELEASE(sync)
+this commit initializes sync->signaled to true unless the count is zero.
+
+Thanks George for the review and guidance.
+---
+ opal/threads/wait_sync.h | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/opal/threads/wait_sync.h b/opal/threads/wait_sync.h
+index 9ebb4d7..2ec8485 100644
+--- a/opal/threads/wait_sync.h
++++ b/opal/threads/wait_sync.h
+@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
+  * Copyright (c) 2016      Los Alamos National Security, LLC. All rights
+  *                         reserved.
+  * Copyright (c) 2016      Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved.
++ * Copyright (c) 2016      Research Organization for Information Science
++ *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
+  * $COPYRIGHT$
+  *
+  * Additional copyrights may follow
+@@ -86,11 +88,11 @@ static inline int sync_wait_st (ompi_wait_sync_t *sync)
+ 
+ #define WAIT_SYNC_INIT(sync,c)                                  \
+     do {                                                        \
+-        (sync)->count = c;                                      \
++        (sync)->count = (c);                                    \
+         (sync)->next = NULL;                                    \
+         (sync)->prev = NULL;                                    \
+         (sync)->status = 0;                                     \
+-        (sync)->signaling = true;                               \
++        (sync)->signaling = (0 != (c));                         \
+         if (opal_using_threads()) {                             \
+             pthread_cond_init (&(sync)->condition, NULL);       \
+             pthread_mutex_init (&(sync)->lock, NULL);           \
diff --git a/openmpi.spec b/openmpi.spec
index e126380..97fedf7 100644
--- a/openmpi.spec
+++ b/openmpi.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 Name:			openmpi%{?_cc_name_suffix}
 Version:		2.0.1
-Release:		1%{?dist}
+Release:		2%{?dist}
 Summary:		Open Message Passing Interface
 Group:			Development/Libraries
 License:		BSD, MIT and Romio
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Source1:		openmpi.module.in
 Source2:		openmpi.pth.py2
 Source3:		openmpi.pth.py3
 Source4:		macros.openmpi
+# threads: fix WAIT_SYNC_INIT with a zero count
+Patch0:                 https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi/commit/44a66e208c5771e0897bcf27430a3afa171ba4c2.patch
 
 BuildRequires:		gcc-gfortran
 %ifnarch s390 s390x
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ Contains development wrapper for compiling Java with openmpi.
 %global namearch openmpi-%{_arch}%{?_cc_name_suffix}
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n openmpi-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 ./configure --prefix=%{_libdir}/%{name} \
@@ -274,6 +276,9 @@ make check
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 24 2016 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 2.0.1-2
+- Add upstream patch for thread wait issue with mpi4py
+
 * Fri Oct 21 2016 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 2.0.1-1
 - Update to 2.0.1