diff --git a/pyparsing-1.5.6-traceback-typo.patch b/pyparsing-1.5.6-traceback-typo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b936d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyparsing-1.5.6-traceback-typo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyparsing_py3.py.orig	2013-04-03 01:28:01.927400414 +0200
++++ pyparsing_py3.py	2013-04-03 01:28:23.903443448 +0200
+@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@
+                 ParserElement._exprArgCache[ lookup ] = (value[0],value[1].copy())
+                 return value
+             except ParseBaseException as pe:
+-                exc.__traceback__ = None
++                pe.__traceback__ = None
+                 ParserElement._exprArgCache[ lookup ] = pe
+                 raise
+ 
diff --git a/pyparsing.spec b/pyparsing.spec
index 6104863..e2c58a0 100644
--- a/pyparsing.spec
+++ b/pyparsing.spec
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 Name:           pyparsing
 Version:        1.5.6
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 Summary:        An object-oriented approach to text processing
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://pyparsing.wikispaces.com/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pyparsing/pyparsing-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         pyparsing-1.5.6-traceback-typo.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ This is the Python 3 version.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0
 mv docs/pyparsingClassDiagram.PNG docs/pyparsingClassDiagram.png
 rm docs/pyparsingClassDiagram.JPG
 dos2unix -k CHANGES LICENSE
@@ -113,6 +115,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %doc CHANGES README LICENSE docs/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr  3 2013 Thomas Spura <tomspur@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.6-8
+- add patch to correct typo in exception handling
+
 * Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.6-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild