diff --git a/Cython-fix-version-detection.patch b/Cython-fix-version-detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..444498a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cython-fix-version-detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From: toddrme2178@gmail.com
+Date: 2014-09-12 12:49:00 +0000
+Subject: Restore version information
+References: https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables/issues/386
+Upstream: included
+
+Restore version information for Cython.
+Despite what the upstream header says, python-tables/python3-tables is NOT
+the only package affected by this.
+
+
+Original header below
+
+
+From 43342ab90704f5f850733544288485048160003d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de>
+Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:35:52 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] provide "Cython.Compiler.Main.Version" to keep supporting old
+ PyTables versions that import it from there
+
+--HG--
+extra : transplant_source : %B1%BC%5C%CD%A6%EEmr4B%0F%AF%1C%E0yq9%EA%ADX
+---
+ Cython/Compiler/Main.py | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Cython/Compiler/Main.py b/Cython/Compiler/Main.py
+index 21b7fe1..37662d6 100644
+--- a/Cython/Compiler/Main.py
++++ b/Cython/Compiler/Main.py
+@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
+ from .Scanning import PyrexScanner, FileSourceDescriptor
+ from .Errors import PyrexError, CompileError, error, warning
+ from .Symtab import ModuleScope
+-from .. import __version__ as version
+ from .. import Utils
+ from . import Options
+ 
++from . import Version  # legacy import needed by old PyTables versions
++version = Version.version  # legacy attribute - use "Cython.__version__" instead
++
+ module_name_pattern = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*(\.[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)*$")
+ 
+ verbose = 0
diff --git a/python-Cython.changes b/python-Cython.changes
index cf73d53..12e9bce 100644
--- a/python-Cython.changes
+++ b/python-Cython.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 12 10:52:18 UTC 2014 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Add Cython-fix-version-detection.patch
+  This is a patch from upstream that restores version information
+  whose removal is preventing several packages from correctly
+  detecting Cython's presence.  It is already merged upstream and 
+  so should be in the next release.
+  Note that despite what upstream says, 
+  python-tables/python3-tables is NOT the only package affected by
+  this, which is why the patch is going here instead of 
+  python-tables/python3-tables.
+  python-bcolz/python3-bcolz is an example of another package
+  affected.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 11 09:30:20 UTC 2014 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-Cython.spec b/python-Cython.spec
index a97ce6f..1d8d86c 100644
--- a/python-Cython.spec
+++ b/python-Cython.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/C/Cython/Cython-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        python-Cython-rpmlintrc
+#PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM Cython-fix-version-detection.patch https://github.com/cython/cython/commit/43342ab90704f5f850733544288485048160003d
+Patch0:         Cython-fix-version-detection.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ code.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Cython-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 sed -i "s|^#!.*||" Cython/Debugger/{libpython,Cygdb}.py cython.py # Fix non-executable scripts
 sed -i "s|\r||" Demos/callback/{README.txt,cheesefinder.h} Demos/embed/Makefile.{unix,msc.static} Doc/primes.c # Fix EOL encoding
 mv bin/cython bin/cython-%{py_ver}