diff --git a/0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch b/0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68f2c75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 36dcccb94bef72a7c4cf6acf7479f18568e545bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 17:19:20 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] module: drop link-time vs. run-time TLS backend check
+
+This effectively reverts the following commit:
+8891398a31119ce7c872509ed60328926c51cdfb
+
+Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1446850
+---
+ src/module.c | 19 +------------------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
+index a7108a0..af79875 100644
+--- a/src/module.c
++++ b/src/module.c
+@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ initpycurl(void)
+ {
+     PyObject *m, *d;
+     const curl_version_info_data *vi;
+-    const char *libcurl_version, *runtime_ssl_lib;
++    const char *libcurl_version;
+     size_t libcurl_version_len, pycurl_version_len;
+     PyObject *collections_module = NULL;
+     PyObject *named_tuple = NULL;
+@@ -333,23 +333,6 @@ initpycurl(void)
+         goto error;
+     }
+ 
+-    /* Our compiled crypto locks should correspond to runtime ssl library. */
+-    if (vi->ssl_version == NULL) {
+-        runtime_ssl_lib = "none/other";
+-    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "OpenSSL/", 8) || !strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "LibreSSL/", 9)) {
+-        runtime_ssl_lib = "openssl";
+-    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "GnuTLS/", 7)) {
+-        runtime_ssl_lib = "gnutls";
+-    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "NSS/", 4)) {
+-        runtime_ssl_lib = "nss";
+-    } else {
+-        runtime_ssl_lib = "none/other";
+-    }
+-    if (strcmp(runtime_ssl_lib, COMPILE_SSL_LIB)) {
+-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ImportError, "pycurl: libcurl link-time ssl backend (%s) is different from compile-time ssl backend (%s)", runtime_ssl_lib, COMPILE_SSL_LIB);
+-        goto error;
+-    }
+-
+     /* Initialize the type of the new type objects here; doing it here
+      * is required for portability to Windows without requiring C++. */
+     p_Curl_Type = &Curl_Type;
+-- 
+2.10.2
+
diff --git a/python-pycurl.spec b/python-pycurl.spec
index ec3f1dc..bbc2ab6 100644
--- a/python-pycurl.spec
+++ b/python-pycurl.spec
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@
 
 Name:           python-%{modname}
 Version:        7.43.0
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        A Python interface to libcurl
 
 License:        LGPLv2+ or MIT
 URL:            http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        https://dl.bintray.com/pycurl/pycurl/pycurl-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+# disable TLS-SRP test because TLS-SRP is not supported by OpenSSL in Fedora
 Patch1:         0001-python-pycurl-7.43.0-openssl-srp.patch
 
+# drop link-time vs. run-time TLS backend check (#1446850)
+Patch2:         0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  vsftpd
@@ -116,6 +120,9 @@ rm -fv tests/fake-curl/libcurl/*.so
 %{python3_sitearch}/%{modname}-%{version}-*.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 02 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 7.43.0-9
+- drop link-time vs. run-time TLS backend check (#1446850)
+
 * Thu Apr 27 2017 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 7.43.0-8
 - make pycurl compile against libcurl-openssl (#1445153)