diff --git a/python-construct.changes b/python-construct.changes
index d8ee6b2..8ddf2b1 100644
--- a/python-construct.changes
+++ b/python-construct.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan  7 11:37:34 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Reintroduce split_debug.patch for rpmlint[mini] mode
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan  2 09:36:53 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-construct.spec b/python-construct.spec
index ce0fcda..1ea73e6 100644
--- a/python-construct.spec
+++ b/python-construct.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/construct/construct
 Source:         https://github.com/construct/construct/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         split_debug.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module arrow}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-benchmark}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ and in the other direction to convert ("build") objects into binary data.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n construct-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
+
 # remove gallery tests that require in place stuff
 rm -rf tests/gallery
 rm -rf tests/deprecated_gallery
diff --git a/split_debug.patch b/split_debug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b351eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/split_debug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Index: construct-2.9.45/construct/__init__.py
+===================================================================
+--- construct-2.9.45.orig/construct/__init__.py
++++ construct-2.9.45/construct/__init__.py
+@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Hands-on example:
+ 
+ from construct.core import *
+ from construct.expr import *
+-from construct.debug import *
+ from construct.version import *
+ from construct import lib
+ 
+@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ __all__ = [
+     'ConstructError',
+     'Container',
+     'CString',
+-    'Debugger',
+     'Default',
+     'Double',
+     'Embedded',
+@@ -144,7 +142,6 @@ __all__ = [
+     'possiblestringencodings',
+     'Prefixed',
+     'PrefixedArray',
+-    'Probe',
+     'ProcessRotateLeft',
+     'ProcessXor',
+     'RangeError',
+@@ -207,3 +204,10 @@ __all__ = [
+ ]
+ __all__ += ["Int%s%s%s" % (n,us,bln) for n in (8,16,24,32,64) for us in "us" for bln in "bln"]
+ __all__ += ["Float%s%s" % (n,bln) for n in (32,64) for bln in "bln"]
++
++try:
++    from construct.debug import *
++    __all__ += ['Debugger', 'Probe']
++except ImportError:
++    pass
++