diff --git a/devel/py-xmltodict/files/patch-setup.py b/devel/py-xmltodict/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..416bb1f917c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-xmltodict/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2019-02-11 06:36:33 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ except ImportError:
+ 
+ import xmltodict
+ 
+-with open('README.md') as f:
+-    long_description = f.read()
++with open('README.md', 'rb') as f:
++    long_description = f.read().decode('utf-8')
+ 
+ 
+ setup(name='xmltodict',