diff --git a/fix-py34-tests.patch b/fix-py34-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f0fa8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-py34-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Index: numpy-1.16.2/numpy/lib/tests/test_mixins.py
+===================================================================
+--- numpy-1.16.2.orig/numpy/lib/tests/test_mixins.py
++++ numpy-1.16.2/numpy/lib/tests/test_mixins.py
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import sys
+ import numpy as np
+ from numpy.testing import assert_, assert_equal, assert_raises
+ 
++import pytest
+ 
+ PY2 = sys.version_info.major < 3
+ 
+@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ class TestNDArrayOperatorsMixin(object):
+             err_msg = 'failed for operator {}'.format(op)
+             _assert_equal_type_and_value(expected, actual, err_msg=err_msg)
+ 
++    @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 5), reason="requires python >= 3.5")
+     def test_matmul(self):
+         array = np.array([1, 2], dtype=np.float64)
+         array_like = ArrayLike(array)
diff --git a/python-numpy.changes b/python-numpy.changes
index a16d622..56daac5 100644
--- a/python-numpy.changes
+++ b/python-numpy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 25 10:20:50 UTC 2019 - Thomas Bechtold <tbechtold@suse.com>
+
+- add fix-py34-tests.patch to fix build with python3.4 from SLE12SP4
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 12 21:03:43 CET 2019 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-numpy.spec b/python-numpy.spec
index bc5dfd8..3960868 100644
--- a/python-numpy.spec
+++ b/python-numpy.spec
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ Patch0:         numpy-buildfix.patch
 Patch1:         numpy-1.9.0-remove-__declspec.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM riscv.patch -- Add support for RISC-V
 Patch2:         riscv.patch
+# # PATCH-FIX-SLE fix-py34-tests.patch -- python 3.4 support
+Patch3:         fix-py34-tests.patch
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 %endif
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ This package contains files for developing applications using numpy.
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 # Fix non-executable scripts
 sed -i '1s/^#!.*$//' numpy/{compat/setup,distutils/{conv_template,cpuinfo,exec_command,from_template,setup,system_info},f2py/{__init__,auxfuncs,capi_maps,cb_rules,cfuncs,common_rules,crackfortran,diagnose,f2py2e,f90mod_rules,func2subr,rules,setup,use_rules},ma/{setup,bench},matrixlib/setup,setup,testing/{print_coercion_tables,setup}}.py