diff --git a/python-typing-inspect.changes b/python-typing-inspect.changes
index 28cbc79..69291b8 100644
--- a/python-typing-inspect.changes
+++ b/python-typing-inspect.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 21 13:52:12 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Add typing_inspect-pr69-py39-GenericAlias.patch to support
+  Python 3.9 -- gh#ilevkivskyi/typing_inspect#69 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul  4 03:54:20 AM UTC 2020 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-typing-inspect.spec b/python-typing-inspect.spec
index be38cb0..19f52dd 100644
--- a/python-typing-inspect.spec
+++ b/python-typing-inspect.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-typing-inspect
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/ilevkivskyi/typing_inspect
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/t/typing_inspect/typing_inspect-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM typing_inspect-pr69-py39-GenericAlias.patch -- backport of gh#ilevkivskyi/typing_inspect#69
+Patch0:         typing_inspect-pr69-py39-GenericAlias.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module typing_extensions >= 3.7.4}
 Python runtime inspection utilities for typing module.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n typing_inspect-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n typing_inspect-%{version}
 
 %build
 %python_build
diff --git a/typing_inspect-pr69-py39-GenericAlias.patch b/typing_inspect-pr69-py39-GenericAlias.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eba881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typing_inspect-pr69-py39-GenericAlias.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+diff --git a/typing_inspect.py b/typing_inspect.py
+index 2444027..896f1a9 100644
+--- a/typing_inspect.py
++++ b/typing_inspect.py
+@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ if NEW_TYPING:
+         Generic, Callable, Union, TypeVar, ClassVar, Tuple, _GenericAlias, ForwardRef
+     )
+     from typing_extensions import Literal
++    if sys.version_info[:3] >= (3, 9, 0):
++        from typing import _SpecialGenericAlias
++        typingGenericAlias = (_GenericAlias, _SpecialGenericAlias)
++    else:
++        typingGenericAlias = (_GenericAlias, )
+ else:
+     from typing import (
+         Callable, CallableMeta, Union, Tuple, TupleMeta, TypeVar, GenericMeta, _ForwardRef
+@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ def is_generic_type(tp):
+     """
+     if NEW_TYPING:
+         return (isinstance(tp, type) and issubclass(tp, Generic) or
+-                isinstance(tp, _GenericAlias) and
++                isinstance(tp, typingGenericAlias) and
+                 tp.__origin__ not in (Union, tuple, ClassVar, collections.abc.Callable))
+     return (isinstance(tp, GenericMeta) and not
+             isinstance(tp, (CallableMeta, TupleMeta)))
+@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ def is_callable_type(tp):
+         get_origin(tp) is collections.abc.Callable  # Callable prior to Python 3.7
+     """
+     if NEW_TYPING:
+-        return (tp is Callable or isinstance(tp, _GenericAlias) and
++        return (tp is Callable or isinstance(tp, typingGenericAlias) and
+                 tp.__origin__ is collections.abc.Callable or
+                 isinstance(tp, type) and issubclass(tp, Generic) and
+                 issubclass(tp, collections.abc.Callable))
+@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@ def is_tuple_type(tp):
+         get_origin(tp) is tuple  # Tuple prior to Python 3.7
+     """
+     if NEW_TYPING:
+-        return (tp is Tuple or isinstance(tp, _GenericAlias) and
++        return (tp is Tuple or isinstance(tp, typingGenericAlias) and
+                 tp.__origin__ is tuple or
+                 isinstance(tp, type) and issubclass(tp, Generic) and
+                 issubclass(tp, tuple))
+@@ -164,14 +169,14 @@ def is_union_type(tp):
+     """
+     if NEW_TYPING:
+         return (tp is Union or
+-                isinstance(tp, _GenericAlias) and tp.__origin__ is Union)
++                isinstance(tp, typingGenericAlias) and tp.__origin__ is Union)
+     return type(tp) is _Union
+ 
+ 
+ def is_literal_type(tp):
+     if NEW_TYPING:
+         return (tp is Literal or
+-                isinstance(tp, _GenericAlias) and tp.__origin__ is Literal)
++                isinstance(tp, typingGenericAlias) and tp.__origin__ is Literal)
+     return WITH_LITERAL and type(tp) is _Literal
+ 
+ 
+@@ -196,7 +201,7 @@ def is_classvar(tp):
+     """
+     if NEW_TYPING:
+         return (tp is ClassVar or
+-                isinstance(tp, _GenericAlias) and tp.__origin__ is ClassVar)
++                isinstance(tp, typingGenericAlias) and tp.__origin__ is ClassVar)
+     elif WITH_CLASSVAR:
+         return type(tp) is _ClassVar
+     else:
+@@ -262,7 +267,7 @@ def get_origin(tp):
+         get_origin(List[Tuple[T, T]][int]) == list  # List prior to Python 3.7
+     """
+     if NEW_TYPING:
+-        if isinstance(tp, _GenericAlias):
++        if isinstance(tp, typingGenericAlias):
+             return tp.__origin__ if tp.__origin__ is not ClassVar else None
+         if tp is Generic:
+             return Generic
+@@ -327,7 +332,7 @@ def get_parameters(tp):
+         else:
+             return ()
+     elif NEW_TYPING:
+-        if (isinstance(tp, _GenericAlias) or
++        if (isinstance(tp, typingGenericAlias) or
+                 isinstance(tp, type) and issubclass(tp, Generic) and
+                 tp is not Generic):
+             return tp.__parameters__
+