diff --git a/python-coverage-4.0a5-unicodefix.patch b/python-coverage-4.0a5-unicodefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec86a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-coverage-4.0a5-unicodefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+diff -up coverage-4.0a5/coverage/annotate.py.orig coverage-4.0a5/coverage/annotate.py
+--- coverage-4.0a5/coverage/annotate.py.orig	2015-03-25 10:33:54.569942923 -0400
++++ coverage-4.0a5/coverage/annotate.py	2015-03-25 10:34:22.775668752 -0400
+@@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ class AnnotateReporter(Reporter):
+                     dest.write('> ')
+                 else:
+                     dest.write('! ')
+-                dest.write(line)
++                dest.write(line.encode('utf-8'))
diff --git a/python-coverage.spec b/python-coverage.spec
index e153097..23d5dd4 100644
--- a/python-coverage.spec
+++ b/python-coverage.spec
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 Name:           python-coverage
 Summary:        Code coverage testing module for Python
 Version:        4.0
-Release:        0.4.%{?prever}%{?dist}
+Release:        0.5.%{?prever}%{?dist}
 License:        BSD and (MIT or GPLv2)
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 URL:            http://nedbatchelder.com/code/modules/coverage.html
 Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/coverage/coverage-%{version}%{?prever}.tar.gz
+# https://bitbucket.org/ned/coveragepy/issue/363/annotate-command-hits-unicode-happy-fun
+Patch0:		python-coverage-4.0a5-unicodefix.patch
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools, python2-devel
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ have been executed.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n coverage-%{version}%{?prever}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 \{\} \;
 sed -i 's/\r//g' README.txt
@@ -121,6 +124,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 25 2015 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 4.0-0.5.a5
+- unicode fixup
+
 * Tue Feb 17 2015 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> 4.0-0.4.a5
 - update to 4.0a5