diff --git a/numpy-fd15162.patch b/numpy-fd15162.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c515640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/numpy-fd15162.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Index: numpy-1.6.2/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
+===================================================================
+--- numpy-1.6.2.orig/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
++++ numpy-1.6.2/numpy/core/src/multiarray/methods.c
+@@ -1476,7 +1476,15 @@ array_setstate(PyArrayObject *self, PyOb
+     if (!PyDataType_FLAGCHK(typecode, NPY_LIST_PICKLE)) {
+         int swap=!PyArray_ISNOTSWAPPED(self);
+         self->data = datastr;
+-        if (!_IsAligned(self) || swap) {
++#ifndef NPY_PY3K
++        /* Check that the string is not interned */
++        if (!_IsAligned(self) || swap || PyString_CHECK_INTERNED(rawdata)) {
++#else
++        /* Bytes should always be considered immutable, but we just grab the
++         * pointer if they are large, to save memory. */
++        if (!_IsAligned(self) || swap || (len <= 1000)) {
++#endif
++
+             intp num = PyArray_NBYTES(self);
+             self->data = PyDataMem_NEW(num);
+             if (self->data == NULL) {
diff --git a/python3-numpy.changes b/python3-numpy.changes
index bcfb64f..ccd481f 100644
--- a/python3-numpy.changes
+++ b/python3-numpy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 21 09:31:44 UTC 2012 - idonmez@suse.com
+
+- Add numpy-fd15162.patch which should fix python3-scipy
+  See https://github.com/numpy/numpy/commit/fd15162fbff5dd68c548284947d39bb2a2481183
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 13 12:23:18 UTC 2012 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python3-numpy.spec b/python3-numpy.spec
index f577c09..8b00752 100644
--- a/python3-numpy.spec
+++ b/python3-numpy.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Source:         %{modname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1:         numpy-buildfix.patch
 Patch2:         numpy-python33.patch
+Patch3:         numpy-fd15162.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  blas-devel
 BuildRequires:  lapack-devel
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ This package contains files for developing applications using %{modname}.
 %setup -q -n %{modname}-%{version}
 %patch1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 sed -i "1d" %{modname}/{compat/setup{,scons},distutils/{conv_template,cpuinfo,exec_command,from_template,setup,setupscons,system_info},f2py/{auxfuncs,capi_maps,cb_rules,cfuncs,common_rules,crackfortran,diagnose,docs/usersguide/setup_example,f2py2e,f90mod_rules,func2subr,__init__,rules,setup,setupscons,use_rules},ma/setup{,scons},matrixlib/setup{,scons},setup,setupscons,testing/print_coercion_tables,testing/setup{,scons}}.py # Fix non-executable scripts