diff --git a/0001-Accept-python-abi-as-a-valid-versioned-python-depend.patch b/0001-Accept-python-abi-as-a-valid-versioned-python-depend.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5f5980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Accept-python-abi-as-a-valid-versioned-python-depend.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 534ce885e7a1529e0729dc0ae3ef75a64324583b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dirk Mueller <dirk@dmllr.de>
+Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:24:09 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Accept python(abi) as a valid versioned python dependency
+
+On (open)SUSE the build environment properly generates a
+requires python(abi) = x.y, so accept that to silence the warning.
+---
+ FilesCheck.py | 8 ++++----
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/FilesCheck.py b/FilesCheck.py
+index abb3fa7..2ece474 100644
+--- a/FilesCheck.py
++++ b/FilesCheck.py
+@@ -717,10 +717,10 @@ class FilesCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
+ 
+                 if not python_dep_error:
+                     res = python_regex.search(f)
+-                    if res and not (pkg.check_versioned_dep('python-base',
+-                                                            res.group(1)) or
+-                                    pkg.check_versioned_dep('python',
+-                                                            res.group(1))):
++                    if (res and not
++                            any((pkg.check_versioned_dep(dep, res.group(1))
++                                for dep in (
++                                    'python', 'python-base', 'python(abi)')))):
+                         printError(pkg, 'no-dependency-on', 'python-base',
+                                    res.group(1))
+                         python_dep_error = True
+-- 
+2.14.2
+