diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index 073d084..95b0813 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 12 12:57:12 UTC 2016 - hpj@urpla.net
+
+- make sure, that setuptools-certpath.patch is applied 
+  unconditionally (fixes traceback in setuptools/ssl_support.py)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Oct  8 16:02:41 UTC 2016 - tbechtold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index c0e85b5..cda39b6 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-setuptools
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.
 %patch1 -p1
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1220
 %patch3 -p1
-%patch4 -p1
 %endif
+%patch4 -p1
 find . -type f -name "*.orig" -delete
 
 # fix rpmlint spurious-executable-perm