diff --git a/rpmlint-1.9-fix-uep.patch b/rpmlint-1.9-fix-uep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d70b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpmlint-1.9-fix-uep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/SpecCheck.py.fixuep rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/SpecCheck.py
+--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/SpecCheck.py.fixuep	2017-02-08 16:54:24.055208215 -0500
++++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/SpecCheck.py	2017-02-08 16:56:05.012862286 -0500
+@@ -404,8 +404,9 @@ class SpecCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCh
+                 if res:
+                     provs = Pkg.parse_deps(res.group(1))
+                     for prov in unversioned(provs):
+-                        printWarning(pkg, 'unversioned-explicit-provides',
+-                                     prov)
++                        if not prov.startswith('/'):
++                            printWarning(pkg, 'unversioned-explicit-provides',
++                                         prov)
+                         if compop_regex.search(prov):
+                             printWarning(pkg,
+                                          'comparison-operator-in-deptoken',
+@@ -415,8 +416,9 @@ class SpecCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCh
+                 if res:
+                     obses = Pkg.parse_deps(res.group(1))
+                     for obs in unversioned(obses):
+-                        printWarning(pkg, 'unversioned-explicit-obsoletes',
+-                                     obs)
++                        if not obs.startswith('/'):
++                            printWarning(pkg, 'unversioned-explicit-obsoletes',
++                                         obs)
+                         if compop_regex.search(obs):
+                             printWarning(pkg,
+                                          'comparison-operator-in-deptoken',
+diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/spec/SpecCheck.spec.fixuep rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/spec/SpecCheck.spec
+--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/spec/SpecCheck.spec.fixuep	2017-02-08 16:56:28.492316699 -0500
++++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/spec/SpecCheck.spec	2017-02-08 16:56:57.105651818 -0500
+@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{ve
+ Provides:       unversioned-provides, versioned-provides = 1.0
+ Obsoletes:      versioned-obsoletes < 2.0
+ Obsoletes:      unversioned-obsoletes
++Obsoletes:      /usr/bin/unversioned-but-filename
++Provides:       /sbin/another-unversioned-but-filename
+ 
+ %description
+ SpecCheck test.
+diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/test.SpecCheck.py.fixuep rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/test.SpecCheck.py
+--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/test.SpecCheck.py.fixuep	2017-02-08 16:57:15.938214210 -0500
++++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test/test.SpecCheck.py	2017-02-08 16:57:54.448319360 -0500
+@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ class TestSpecCheck(unittest.TestCase):
+                         in out)
+         self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-provides versioned-provides"
+                         not in out)
++        self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-provides /" not in out)
+         self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-obsoletes unversioned-obsoletes"
+                         in out)
+         self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-obsoletes versioned-obsoletes"
+                         not in out)
++        self.assertTrue("unversioned-explicit-obsoletes /" not in out)
+         self.assertTrue("setup-not-quiet" in out)
+ 
+ if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index 3345651..74e312f 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 Name:           rpmlint
 Version:        1.9
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages
 Group:          Development/Tools
 License:        GPLv2
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Patch0:         rpmlint-1.9-unicodefix.patch
 # Python 3.6rc1 (3.6.0) bytecode magic value
 # https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/pull/86 (hand-rediffed)
 Patch1:         rpmlint-1.9-py36magic.patch
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/commit/a81fdca0185d5ed9868a6ddafca1812082029714
+Patch2:		rpmlint-1.9-fix-uep.patch
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with python3}
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ and source packages as well as spec files can be checked.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{name}-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .unicodefix
 %patch1 -p1 -b .py36magic
+%patch2 -p1 -b .fixuep
 sed -i -e /MenuCheck/d Config.py
 cp -p config config.example
 install -pm 644 %{SOURCE3} config
@@ -138,6 +141,9 @@ make check PYTHON=%{python} PYTEST=%{pytest} FLAKE8=%{flake8}
 %{_mandir}/man1/rpmlint.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb  8 2017 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.9-7
+- apply upstream fix to not demand versioned filename Provides/Obsoletes
+
 * Thu Dec 29 2016 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 1.9-6
 - Update Python 3.6 magic bytecode value (github PR #7)