diff --git a/pyenchant-drop-bootstrap-distribute.patch b/pyenchant-drop-bootstrap-distribute.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7c9dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyenchant-drop-bootstrap-distribute.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2013-09-13 13:37:21.776077338 -0600
++++ setup.py	2013-09-13 13:37:36.518174652 -0600
+@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
+ #  This script is placed in the public domain.
+ #
+ 
+-
+-import distribute_setup
+-distribute_setup.use_setuptools()
+ from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension
+ from distutils.archive_util import make_archive
+ 
diff --git a/python-pyenchant.changes b/python-pyenchant.changes
index b9288ed..d35c901 100644
--- a/python-pyenchant.changes
+++ b/python-pyenchant.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep 14 18:10:35 UTC 2013 - os-dev@jacraig.com
+
+- Add pyenchant-drop-bootstrap-distribute.patch: don't use the distribute
+  bootstrapping code, just use setuptools.  Fixes build that was broken by the
+  attempt to download distribute.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May  4 09:27:09 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-pyenchant.spec b/python-pyenchant.spec
index 9deda44..d4a00d4 100644
--- a/python-pyenchant.spec
+++ b/python-pyenchant.spec
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ Summary:        Python bindings for the Enchant spellchecking system
 License:        LGPL-2.1+
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/%{modname}/%{modname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE pyenchant-drop-bootstrap-distribute.patch
+Patch1:         pyenchant-drop-bootstrap-distribute.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  enchant
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  python-distribute
+BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
 Requires:       enchant
 Obsoletes:      python-enchant < %{version}
 Provides:       PyEnchant
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ PyEnchant is a spellchecking library for Python, based on the excellent Enchant
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{modname}-%{version}
+%patch1
 
 %build
 python setup.py build