diff --git a/python-pymarc.changes b/python-pymarc.changes
index 16523c4..e72329a 100644
--- a/python-pymarc.changes
+++ b/python-pymarc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  6 07:42:48 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch to fix building with python 3.8:
+  * python38.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug 24 14:18:04 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pymarc.spec b/python-pymarc.spec
index 6170b63..51628b7 100644
--- a/python-pymarc.spec
+++ b/python-pymarc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pymarc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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 +26,7 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/edsu/pymarc
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pymarc/pymarc-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edsu/pymarc/master/LICENSE
+Patch0:         python38.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ saner representation.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pymarc-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 cp %{SOURCE1} .
 
 %build
diff --git a/python38.patch b/python38.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79463f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python38.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 44d37f6aef231e1b874f2c12e002007d686da28e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Geoffrey Spear <speargh@pitt.edu>
+Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 08:33:07 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] test on 3.8-dev
+
+---
+ pymarc/marcxml.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/pymarc/marcxml.py b/pymarc/marcxml.py
+index 7d87905..f351a8b 100644
+--- a/pymarc/marcxml.py
++++ b/pymarc/marcxml.py
+@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ def translate(data):
+             control_field.text = translate(field.data)
+         else:
+             data_field = ET.SubElement(root, 'datafield')
+-            data_field.set('tag', field.tag)
+             data_field.set('ind1', field.indicators[0])
+             data_field.set('ind2', field.indicators[1])
++            data_field.set('tag', field.tag)
+             for subfield in field:
+                 data_subfield = ET.SubElement(data_field, 'subfield')
+                 data_subfield.set('code', subfield[0])