diff --git a/omit_BUILDROOT_from_pyo_files.patch b/omit_BUILDROOT_from_pyo_files.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b861e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/omit_BUILDROOT_from_pyo_files.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -u rpmlint-rpmlint-1.8.orig/Makefile rpmlint-rpmlint-1.8/Makefile
+--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.8.orig/Makefile	2016-05-03 18:21:47.823504438 +0200
++++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.8/Makefile	2016-05-03 18:25:11.746636047 +0200
+@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@
+ 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/[A-Z]*.py \
+ 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/__*__.py ; \
+ 	fi
+-	$(PYTHON) -O -m py_compile \
+-		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/[A-Z]*.py \
+-		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/__*__.py ; \
++	$(PYTHON) -O -m compileall -d $(LIBDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+ 	for file in rpmlint rpmdiff ; do \
+ 		sed -e "s,#!/usr/bin/python ,#!$(PYTHON) ," $$file > $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$$file ; \
+ 		chmod +x $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$$file ; \
diff --git a/rpmlint.changes b/rpmlint.changes
index 86f3b38..c50b917 100644
--- a/rpmlint.changes
+++ b/rpmlint.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May  3 16:33:33 UTC 2016 - stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de
+
+- add omit_BUILDROOT_from_pyo_files.patch (boo#978306)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr  6 09:31:04 UTC 2016 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index 58f6b34..6420bd7 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ Patch61:        postin-speedup.diff
 # https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/commit/37fe9d4f237c2cb29fcb3b60d1ece189e578eeaf.patch and followup regression fixes
 Patch62:        binaryinfo-speedup.diff
 Patch63:        0001-Avoid-messing-with-the-error-encoding-Fixes-61.patch
+Patch64:        omit_BUILDROOT_from_pyo_files.patch
 # PATCHLIST END
 # BuildArch must at the end. is a bug: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=926766
 BuildArch:      noarch