diff --git a/python-base.changes b/python-base.changes
index 2198a57..7f7562d 100644
--- a/python-base.changes
+++ b/python-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 24 17:08:25 UTC 2017 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- Add reproducible.patch to allow reproducible builds of various
+  python packages like python-amqp
+  Upstream: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/296
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan  3 16:59:24 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-base.spec b/python-base.spec
index 0d0592f..74c07ff 100644
--- a/python-base.spec
+++ b/python-base.spec
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Patch34:        python-2.7.9-sles-disable-verification-by-default.patch
 Patch35:        python-ncurses-6.0-accessors.patch
 Patch36:        python-2.7.13-overflow_check.patch
 Patch37:        python-2.7.12-makeopcode.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM bmwiedemann@suse.de -- allow python packages to build reproducibly
+Patch38:        reproducible.patch
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 %define         python_version    %(echo %{tarversion} | head -c 3)
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ other applications.
 %patch35 -p1
 %patch36 -p1
 %patch37 -p1
+%patch38 -p1
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^version_required/dnl version_required/' configure.ac
diff --git a/python-doc.spec b/python-doc.spec
index 17cb804..8df7d4d 100644
--- a/python-doc.spec
+++ b/python-doc.spec
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ Patch34:        python-2.7.9-sles-disable-verification-by-default.patch
 Patch35:        python-ncurses-6.0-accessors.patch
 Patch36:        python-2.7.13-overflow_check.patch
 Patch37:        python-2.7.12-makeopcode.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM bmwiedemann@suse.de -- allow python packages to build reproducibly
+Patch38:        reproducible.patch
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 Provides:       pyth_doc
 Provides:       pyth_ps
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ Python, and Macintosh Module Reference in PDF format.
 %patch35 -p1
 %patch36 -p1
 %patch37 -p1
+%patch38 -p1
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^version_required/dnl version_required/' configure.ac
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index 1c590bf..597462b 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ Patch34:        python-2.7.9-sles-disable-verification-by-default.patch
 Patch35:        python-ncurses-6.0-accessors.patch
 Patch36:        python-2.7.13-overflow_check.patch
 Patch37:        python-2.7.12-makeopcode.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM bmwiedemann@suse.de -- allow python packages to build reproducibly
+Patch38:        reproducible.patch
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  db-devel
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ that rely on earlier non-verification behavior.
 %patch35 -p1
 %patch36 -p1
 %patch37 -p1
+%patch38 -p1
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^version_required/dnl version_required/' configure.ac
diff --git a/reproducible.patch b/reproducible.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3171bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reproducible.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Index: Python-2.7.13/Lib/py_compile.py
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.7.13.orig/Lib/py_compile.py
++++ Python-2.7.13/Lib/py_compile.py
+@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ def compile(file, cfile=None, dfile=None
+             timestamp = long(os.fstat(f.fileno()).st_mtime)
+         except AttributeError:
+             timestamp = long(os.stat(file).st_mtime)
++        sde = os.environ.get('SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH')
++        if sde and timestamp > int(sde):
++            timestamp = int(sde)
++            os.utime(file, (timestamp, timestamp))
+         codestring = f.read()
+     try:
+         codeobject = __builtin__.compile(codestring, dfile or file,'exec')