diff --git a/python-yubico-py3.patch b/python-yubico-py3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a6588a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-yubico-py3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 7e6e424ed579c53a0767ba71eb47345ae1e472ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: minus <github@mnus.de>
+Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:18:44 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fixed Python 3 compatibility for Yubikey 4
+
+---
+ yubico/yubikey_4_usb_hid.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/yubico/yubikey_4_usb_hid.py b/yubico/yubikey_4_usb_hid.py
+index 31c6f5d..b44bb90 100644
+--- a/yubico/yubikey_4_usb_hid.py
++++ b/yubico/yubikey_4_usb_hid.py
+@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def _read_capabilities(self):
+         frame = yubikey_frame.YubiKeyFrame(command=SLOT.YK4_CAPABILITIES)
+         self._device._write(frame)
+         response = self._device._read_response()
+-        r_len = ord(response[0])
++        r_len = yubico_util.ord_byte(response[0])
+ 
+         # 1 byte length, 2 byte CRC.
+         if not yubico_util.validate_crc16(response[:r_len+3]):
diff --git a/python-yubico.spec b/python-yubico.spec
index f8a27dc..f19315e 100644
--- a/python-yubico.spec
+++ b/python-yubico.spec
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
 Version:        1.3.2
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        Pure-python library for interacting with Yubikeys
 
 License:        BSD
 URL:            https://github.com/Yubico/%{name}
 Source0:        https://github.com/Yubico/%{name}/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         python-yubico-py3.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ Pure-python library for interacting with Yubikeys. For Python 3.
 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{name}-%{name}-%{version}
+%autosetup -n %{name}-%{name}-%{version} -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ nosetests-%{python3_version} -e test_challenge_response -e test_serial -e test_s
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 24 2017 Nathaniel McCallum <npmccallum@redhat.com> - 1.3.2-7
+- Backport an upstream python3 fix (#1484862)
+
 * Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.2-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild