diff --git a/net-snmp-5.9.3-fixed-python2-bindings.patch b/net-snmp-5.9.3-fixed-python2-bindings.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05d53d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-snmp-5.9.3-fixed-python2-bindings.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -Nurp net-snmp-5.9.3-orig/python/netsnmp/client_intf.c net-snmp-5.9.3/python/netsnmp/client_intf.c
+--- net-snmp-5.9.3-orig/python/netsnmp/client_intf.c	2022-07-13 23:14:14.000000000 +0200
++++ net-snmp-5.9.3/python/netsnmp/client_intf.c	2022-09-23 16:21:44.040588303 +0200
+@@ -872,9 +872,16 @@ py_netsnmp_attr_string(PyObject *obj, co
+   if (obj && attr_name && PyObject_HasAttrString(obj, attr_name)) {
+     PyObject *attr = PyObject_GetAttrString(obj, attr_name);
+     if (attr) {
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+       *val = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(attr, len);
+       Py_DECREF(attr);
+       return 0;
++#else
++      int retval;
++      retval = PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(attr, val, len);
++      Py_DECREF(attr);
++      return retval;
++#endif
+     }
+   }
+ 
diff --git a/net-snmp.changes b/net-snmp.changes
index f4b814f..c7f1073 100644
--- a/net-snmp.changes
+++ b/net-snmp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 27 14:56:27 UTC 2022 - Alexander Bergmann <abergmann@suse.com>
+
+- Fixed python2 backward compability.
+  add:
+  * net-snmp-5.9.3-fixed-python2-bindings.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 21 14:44:13 UTC 2022 - Alexander Bergmann <abergmann@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/net-snmp.spec b/net-snmp.spec
index ed806b0..6c8b25b 100644
--- a/net-snmp.spec
+++ b/net-snmp.spec
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Patch12:        net-snmp-5.9.1-harden_snmptrapd.service.patch
 Patch13:        net-snmp-5.9.1-suse-systemd-service-files.patch
 Patch14:        net-snmp-5.9.2-fix-create-v3-user-outfile.patch
 Patch15:        net-snmp-5.9.1-subagent-set-response.patch
+Patch16:        net-snmp-5.9.3-fixed-python2-bindings.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  autoconf