diff --git a/libxml2-python3-unicode-errors.patch b/libxml2-python3-unicode-errors.patch
index baf45e3..74d955f 100644
--- a/libxml2-python3-unicode-errors.patch
+++ b/libxml2-python3-unicode-errors.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
----
- python/libxml.c |   11 ++++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-Index: libxml2-2.11.1/python/libxml.c
+Index: libxml2-2.9.5/python/libxml.c
 ===================================================================
---- libxml2-2.11.1.orig/python/libxml.c
-+++ libxml2-2.11.1/python/libxml.c
-@@ -1606,6 +1606,7 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
+--- libxml2-2.9.5.orig/python/libxml.c
++++ libxml2-2.9.5/python/libxml.c
+@@ -1620,6 +1620,7 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
      PyObject *message;
      PyObject *result;
      char str[1000];
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@ Index: libxml2-2.11.1/python/libxml.c
  
  #ifdef DEBUG_ERROR
      printf("libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(%p, %s, ...) called\n", ctx, msg);
-@@ -1622,12 +1623,20 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
+@@ -1636,12 +1637,20 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNU
  	    str[999] = 0;
          va_end(ap);
  
@@ -30,7 +26,7 @@ Index: libxml2-2.11.1/python/libxml.c
 -        message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(str);
 +        message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(ptr);
          PyTuple_SetItem(list, 1, message);
-         result = PyObject_CallObject(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncHandler, list);
+         result = PyEval_CallObject(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncHandler, list);
 +        /* Forget any errors caused in the error handler. */
 +        PyErr_Clear();
          Py_XDECREF(list);
diff --git a/python-libxml2-python.changes b/python-libxml2-python.changes
index 5d73fc4..305a672 100644
--- a/python-libxml2-python.changes
+++ b/python-libxml2-python.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 26 14:10:55 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
+
+- libxml2-python3-unicode-errors.patch: work around an issue with
+  libxml2 supplied error strings being undecodable UTF-8 (bsc#1065270)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct  2 15:59:57 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-libxml2-python.spec b/python-libxml2-python.spec
index 13c25a6..59be9a6 100644
--- a/python-libxml2-python.spec
+++ b/python-libxml2-python.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Url:            http://xmlsoft.org
 Source:         ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         python3.6-verify_fd.patch
+Patch1:         libxml2-python3-unicode-errors.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module xml}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ either at parse time or later once the document has been modified.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n libxml2-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"