diff --git a/scons-2.3.2-python.patch b/scons-2.3.2-python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0589445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scons-2.3.2-python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+From: Dirk Baechle <dl9obn@darc.de>
+Date: 2014-07-15
+Subject: - fix for issue #2963, "Split broken" (= format() in D tools is incompatible with Python 2.6)
+References: http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2963 https://bitbucket.org/scons/scons/commits/1444ad9af1d3b6148451af3f0596cba0ad352c50
+Upstream: Committed
+
+Fixes build of serf 1.3.6 with scons 2.3.2 on SLE_11_SP3 and earlier. Message:
+
+[   13s] ValueError: zero length field name in format:
+[   13s]   File "/usr/src/packages/BUILD/serf-1.3.6/SConstruct", line 22:
+[   13s]     EnsureSConsVersion(2,3,0)
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Script/SConscript.py", line 607:
+[   13s]     env = self.factory()
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Script/SConscript.py", line 587:
+[   13s]     default_env = SCons.Defaults.DefaultEnvironment()
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Defaults.py", line 88:
+[   13s]     _default_env = SCons.Environment.Environment(*args, **kw)
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Environment.py", line 1003:
+[   13s]     apply_tools(self, tools, toolpath)
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Environment.py", line 107:
+[   13s]     env.Tool(tool)
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Environment.py", line 1787:
+[   13s]     tool(self)
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Tool/__init__.py", line 183:
+[   13s]     self.generate(env, *args, **kw)
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Tool/default.py", line 41:
+[   13s]     SCons.Tool.Tool(t)(env)
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Tool/__init__.py", line 183:
+[   13s]     self.generate(env, *args, **kw)
+[   13s]   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/SCons/Tool/dmd.py", line 131:
+[   13s]     env['DLIBCOM'] = '$DLIB $_DLIBFLAGS {} $TARGET $SOURCES $_DLIBFLAGS'.format('-c' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else '')
+[   13s] error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.11595 (%build)
+
+# HG changeset patch
+# User Dirk Baechle <dl9obn@darc.de>
+# Date 1405443486 -7200
+# Node ID 1444ad9af1d3b6148451af3f0596cba0ad352c50
+# Parent  03a9d6241942c4f41619b5fc281a8de56ae77216
+- fix for issue #2963, "Split broken" (= format() in D tools is incompatible with Python 2.6)
+
+diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/dmd.py b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/dmd.py
+--- a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/dmd.py
++++ b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/dmd.py
+@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+     env['DLIB'] = 'lib' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else 'ar cr'
+-    env['DLIBCOM'] = '$DLIB $_DLIBFLAGS {} $TARGET $SOURCES $_DLIBFLAGS'.format('-c' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else '')
++    env['DLIBCOM'] = '$DLIB $_DLIBFLAGS {0}$TARGET $SOURCES $_DLIBFLAGS'.format('-c ' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else '')
+ 
+     #env['_DLIBFLAGS'] = '$( ${_concat(DLIBFLAGPREFIX, DLIBFLAGS, DLIBFLAGSUFFIX, __env__)} $)'
+ 
+diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/gdc.py b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/gdc.py
+--- a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/gdc.py
++++ b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/gdc.py
+@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
+     env['SHDLINKCOM'] = '$DLINK -o $TARGET $DLINKFLAGS $__RPATH $SOURCES $_LIBDIRFLAGS $_LIBFLAGS'
+ 
+     env['DLIB'] = 'lib' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else 'ar cr'
+-    env['DLIBCOM'] = '$DLIB $_DLIBFLAGS {} $TARGET $SOURCES $_DLINKLIBFLAGS'.format('-c' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else '')
++    env['DLIBCOM'] = '$DLIB $_DLIBFLAGS {0}$TARGET $SOURCES $_DLINKLIBFLAGS'.format('-c ' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else '')
+ 
+     env['_DLIBFLAGS'] = '$( ${_concat(DLIBFLAGPREFIX, DLIBFLAGS, DLIBFLAGSUFFIX, __env__)} $)'
+ 
+diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/ldc.py b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/ldc.py
+--- a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/ldc.py
++++ b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/ldc.py
+@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+     env['DLIB'] = 'lib' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else 'ar cr'
+-    env['DLIBCOM'] = '$DLIB $_DLIBFLAGS {} $TARGET $SOURCES $_DLIBFLAGS'.format('-c' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else '')
++    env['DLIBCOM'] = '$DLIB $_DLIBFLAGS {0}$TARGET $SOURCES $_DLIBFLAGS'.format('-c ' if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32' else '')
+ 
+     #env['_DLIBFLAGS'] = '$( ${_concat(DLIBFLAGPREFIX, DLIBFLAGS, DLIBFLAGSUFFIX, __env__)} $)'
+ 
+
diff --git a/scons.changes b/scons.changes
index b12207e..e55aef6 100644
--- a/scons.changes
+++ b/scons.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug  7 19:20:13 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- Fix SCons with python 2.6 on SLE, including building serf:
+  add scons-2.3.2-python.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug  4 22:28:57 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/scons.spec b/scons.spec
index 9feedd1..90797e6 100644
--- a/scons.spec
+++ b/scons.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Source99:       %{name}-rpmlintrc
 # Sets _mandir to _datadir/man instead of _prefix/man
 Patch0:         %{name}-1.2.0-fix-install.patch
 Patch1:         %{name}-1.2.0-noenv.patch
+Patch2:         scons-2.3.2-python.patch
 Url:            http://www.scons.org/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ full power of Python to control compilation.
 %setup -q -a1
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1
+%patch2 -p2
+
 # fix libdir for qt
 patch -p0 <<EOF
 --- engine/SCons/Tool/qt.py