diff --git a/0001-isAlive-is-removed-use-is_alive.patch b/0001-isAlive-is-removed-use-is_alive.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e313b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-isAlive-is-removed-use-is_alive.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From cf7a74217558b19aff7c21a724878bcc15dc4e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 09:26:40 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] isAlive() is removed, use is_alive()
+
+---
+ asyncipp.py | 2 +-
+ timedops.py | 4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/asyncipp.py b/asyncipp.py
+index 5bc160e0..61cd7213 100644
+--- a/asyncipp.py
++++ b/asyncipp.py
+@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class IPPConnection:
+         for binding in self.bindings:
+             delattr (self, binding)
+ 
+-        if self.thread.isAlive ():
++        if self.thread.is_alive ():
+             debugprint ("Stopping worker thread")
+             self.thread.stop ()
+             GLib.timeout_add_seconds (1, self._reap_thread)
+diff --git a/timedops.py b/timedops.py
+index 8a8741c8..111d575f 100644
+--- a/timedops.py
++++ b/timedops.py
+@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class OperationThread(threading.Thread):
+             self.exception = e
+ 
+     def collect_result (self):
+-        if self.isAlive ():
++        if self.is_alive ():
+             # We've been canceled.
+             raise OperationCanceled()
+ 
+@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class TimedOperation(Timed):
+         return self.thread.collect_result ()
+ 
+     def _check_thread (self):
+-        if self.thread.isAlive ():
++        if self.thread.is_alive ():
+             # Thread still running.
+             return True
+ 
+-- 
+2.26.2
+
diff --git a/system-config-printer.spec b/system-config-printer.spec
index 6ba3e16..b0c53cb 100644
--- a/system-config-printer.spec
+++ b/system-config-printer.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Summary: A printer administration tool
 Name: system-config-printer
 Version: 1.5.12
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: https://github.com/%{username}/%{name}
 Source0: %{url}/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Source0: %{url}/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # all upstream patches, remove with new release
 Patch01: 0001-udev-configure-printer-Add-checks-for-NULL.patch
 Patch02: system-config-printer-getchildren-removed.patch
+Patch03: 0001-isAlive-is-removed-use-is_alive.patch
 
 # gcc is no longer in buildroot by default
 # gcc is needed for udev-configure-printer.c
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ printers.
 # all backported from upstream
 %patch01 -p1 -b .udev-configure-segfault
 %patch02 -p1 -b .getchildren-removed
+%patch03 -p1 -b .isAlive-removed
 
 %build
 %configure --with-udev-rules
@@ -215,6 +217,9 @@ touch %buildroot%{_localstatedir}/run/udev-configure-printer/usb-uris
 exit 0
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 05 2020 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 1.5.12-9
+- 1884866 - s-c-p: isAlive() is removed, use is_alive()
+
 * Wed Jul 29 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.12-8
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild