diff --git a/evdev-re-Pattern.patch b/evdev-re-Pattern.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc4b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/evdev-re-Pattern.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/evdev/util.py b/evdev/util.py
+index 818be69..e8009f7 100644
+--- a/evdev/util.py
++++ b/evdev/util.py
+@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ def find_ecodes_by_regex(regex):
+     '''
+     Find ecodes matching a regex and return a mapping of event type to event codes.
+ 
++    regex can be a pattern string or a compiled regular expression object.
++
+     Example
+     -------
+     >>> find_ecodes_by_regex(r'(ABS|KEY)_BR(AKE|EAK)')
+@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ def find_ecodes_by_regex(regex):
+     }
+     '''
+ 
+-    regex = regex if isinstance(regex, re.Pattern) else re.compile(regex)
++    regex = re.compile(regex)  # re.compile is idempotent
+     result = collections.defaultdict(list)
+ 
+     for type_code, codes in ecodes.bytype.items():
diff --git a/python-evdev.changes b/python-evdev.changes
index 9b51c0c..69ccd79 100644
--- a/python-evdev.changes
+++ b/python-evdev.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr  9 20:28:30 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Add evdev-re-Pattern.patch -- gh#gvalkov/python-evdev#152
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan 23 01:05:35 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.4.0:
+- Fix ``InputDevice.set_absinfo`` to allow setting parameters to zero.
+- Fix off-by-one in ``ioctl_EVIOCG_bits``, which causes value at the end of the
+  list to not be reported back
+- Fix ``set_absinfo`` to allow setting parameters to zero
+- Fix leak when returning ``BlockingIOError`` from a read
+- Fix "There is no current event loop in thread" error for non asyncio code
+- Prevent ``InputDevice`` destructor from blocking
+- Add missing return codes to ``os.strerror()`` calls and fix force feedback
+- Add the ``util.find_ecodes_by_regex()`` helper function.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 24 18:16:44 UTC 2020 - Matthias Bach <marix@marix.org> - 1.3.0
 
diff --git a/python-evdev.spec b/python-evdev.spec
index 8b20002..5451c42 100644
--- a/python-evdev.spec
+++ b/python-evdev.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-evdev
 #
-# 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
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define modname evdev
 Name:           python-evdev
-Version:        1.3.0
+Version:        1.4.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python bindings to the Linux input handling subsystem
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/gvalkov/python-evdev
 # Source needs to be pulled form Github as the source distribution on PyPI lacks the test directory
 Source:         https://github.com/gvalkov/python-evdev/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM evdev-re-Pattern.patch -- gh#gvalkov/python-evdev#152
+Patch1:         evdev-re-Pattern.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ input devices that can inject events directly into the input
 subsystem.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 %python_build
diff --git a/v1.3.0.tar.gz b/v1.3.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 010bfdd..0000000
--- a/v1.3.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:816367233ee23d86cef9b465bfdbaa778ab01e9a23d7604791acf7ff9434efe2
-size 85018
diff --git a/v1.4.0.tar.gz b/v1.4.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1708ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v1.4.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:979638719b205acdead3ea3f7861d7b19427a8dc6147c660c24c58e79f0bb427
+size 86010