diff --git a/field_parser.patch b/field_parser.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca484bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/field_parser.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: dbfread-2.0.7/dbfread/field_parser.py
+===================================================================
+--- dbfread-2.0.7.orig/dbfread/field_parser.py
++++ dbfread-2.0.7/dbfread/field_parser.py
+@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class FieldParser:
+ 
+     def parseO(self, field, data):
+         """Parse long field (O) and return float."""
+-        return struct.unpack('d', data)[0]
++        return struct.unpack('<d', data)[0]
+ 
+     def parseT(self, field, data):
+         """Parse time field (T)
diff --git a/python-dbfread.changes b/python-dbfread.changes
index d7bb678..a11796f 100644
--- a/python-dbfread.changes
+++ b/python-dbfread.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 23 11:06:07 UTC 2024 - Berthold Gunreben <azouhr@opensuse.org>
+
+- Add field_parser.patch to ensure that fields are parsed with
+  little endian. Created pull request at gh#olemb/dbfread#71.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov  1 13:49:17 CET 2019 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-dbfread.spec b/python-dbfread.spec
index 5b2af33..e1b1a2b 100644
--- a/python-dbfread.spec
+++ b/python-dbfread.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-dbfread
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ URL:            https://github.com/olemb/dbfread
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/d/dbfread/dbfread-%{version}.tar.gz
 # gh#olemb/dbfread#33
 Patch0:         pytest4.patch
+Patch1:         field_parser.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes