diff --git a/numerical_return_status.patch b/numerical_return_status.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4c0055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/numerical_return_status.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+ feedparser/http.py |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/feedparser/http.py
++++ b/feedparser/http.py
+@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def get(url, etag=None, modified=None, a
+         result['href'] = f.url.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
+     else:
+         result['href'] = f.url
+-    result['status'] = getattr(f, 'status', 200)
++    result['status'] = getattr(f, 'status', None) or 200
+ 
+     # Stop processing if the server sent HTTP 304 Not Modified.
+     if getattr(f, 'code', 0) == 304:
diff --git a/python-feedparser.changes b/python-feedparser.changes
index 43f01f8..27c4875 100644
--- a/python-feedparser.changes
+++ b/python-feedparser.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 29 14:39:29 UTC 2021 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- add numerical_return_status.patch for 3.9 python version
+  (change of return status to None)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 25 17:59:36 UTC 2020 - Benoît Monin <benoit.monin@gmx.fr>
 
diff --git a/python-feedparser.spec b/python-feedparser.spec
index 446b0d0..8640f1b 100644
--- a/python-feedparser.spec
+++ b/python-feedparser.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-feedparser
 #
-# 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
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ License:        BSD-2-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/f/feedparser/feedparser-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM numerical_return_status.patch gh#kurtmckee/feedparser#272/files mcepl@suse.com
+#  Maintain numeric result status code in Python>=3.9
+Patch0:         numerical_return_status.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module chardet}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module sgmllib3k}
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ A universal feed parser module for Python that handles RSS 0.9x, RSS 1.0, RSS
 2.0, CDF, Atom 0.3, Atom 1.0 feeds.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n feedparser-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n feedparser-%{version}
 
 %build
 %python_build