diff --git a/0001-device-fix-setting-an-EV_REP-value.patch b/0001-device-fix-setting-an-EV_REP-value.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f6e2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-device-fix-setting-an-EV_REP-value.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 17ae4427875c8e7cdc565ba32839af93e0bd2f24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
+Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:40:29 +1000
+Subject: [PATCH] device: fix setting an EV_REP value
+
+Leftover from earlier versions
+---
+ libevdev/device.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libevdev/device.py b/libevdev/device.py
+index 618164f..2ff63ce 100644
+--- a/libevdev/device.py
++++ b/libevdev/device.py
+@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ class Device(object):
+                 if t == libevdev.EV_ABS:
+                     data = self.absinfo[c]
+                 elif t == libevdev.EV_REP:
+-                    data = self.event_value(c)
++                    data = self.value[c]
+                 else:
+                     data = None
+                 d.enable(c, data)
+-- 
+2.14.3
+
diff --git a/python-libevdev.spec b/python-libevdev.spec
index eb85c6a..9362344 100644
--- a/python-libevdev.spec
+++ b/python-libevdev.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 Name:		python-libevdev
 Version:	0.4
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Summary:	Python bindings to the libevdev evdev device wrapper library
 
 License:	MIT
 URL:		https://pypi.python.org/pypi/libevdev/
 Source0:	http://github.com/whot/python-libevdev/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+Patch01:	0001-device-fix-setting-an-EV_REP-value.patch
+
 BuildArch:	noarch
 
 %description
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ devices and create uinput devices.
 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{name}-%{version}
+%autosetup -n %{name}-%{version} -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@ devices and create uinput devices.
 %{python3_sitelib}/libevdev-%{version}-py*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 19 2018 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 0.4-2
+- Fix failure when setting up EV_REP 
+
 * Mon Feb 26 2018 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com>- 0.4-1
 - initial import (#1549003)