diff --git a/python-env-passing.patch b/python-env-passing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8b4917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-env-passing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 3c22f5997c7e11f371c606520daff279d9b613e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>
+Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:54:30 +0000
+Subject: Bug 587894 - the environment passing with python does no longer work
+
+---
+diff --git a/python/vte.override b/python/vte.override
+index 29c3316..196b935 100644
+--- a/python/vte.override
++++ b/python/vte.override
+@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ _build_envv(PyObject *py_envv, char ***envv)
+ 	int i, pos, n_envs;
+ 	PyObject *py_dict_k, *py_dict_v;
+ 
+-	if (py_envv == NULL || py_envv != Py_None) {
++	if (py_envv == NULL || py_envv == Py_None) {
+ 		return 0;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -122,20 +122,20 @@ _build_envv(PyObject *py_envv, char ***envv)
+ 		pos = 0;
+ 		i = 0;
+ 		while (PyDict_Next(py_envv, &pos, &py_dict_k, &py_dict_v)) {
+-			*envv[i++] = g_strdup_printf("%s=%s",
++			(*envv)[i++] = g_strdup_printf("%s=%s",
+ 				PyString_AsString(py_dict_k),
+ 				PyString_AsString(py_dict_v));
+ 		}
+-		*envv[n_envs] = NULL;
++		(*envv)[n_envs] = NULL;
+ 	} else if (PySequence_Check(py_envv)) {
+ 		n_envs = PySequence_Length(py_envv);
+ 		*envv = g_new(gchar *, n_envs + 1);
+ 		for (i = 0; i < n_envs; i++) {
+ 			PyObject *item = PySequence_GetItem(py_envv, i);
+ 			Py_DECREF(item);  /* PySequence_GetItem INCREF's */
+-			*envv[i] = PyString_AsString(item);
++			(*envv)[i] = PyString_AsString(item);
+ 		}
+-		*envv[n_envs] = NULL;
++		(*envv)[n_envs] = NULL;
+ 	} else {
+ 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+ 				"envv must be a sequence or a dictionary");
+--
+cgit v0.8.2
diff --git a/vte.spec b/vte.spec
index cb1d864..f89cd6c 100644
--- a/vte.spec
+++ b/vte.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name: vte
 Version: 0.20.5
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary: A terminal emulator
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: User Interface/X
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ BuildRequires: intltool
 # initscripts creates the utmp group
 Prereq: initscripts
 
+Patch1: python-env-passing.patch
+
 %description
 VTE is a terminal emulator widget for use with GTK+ 2.0.
 
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ vte.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 PYTHON=%{_bindir}/python`%{__python} -c "import sys ; print sys.version[:3]"`
@@ -108,6 +111,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/gtk-2.0/*.a
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec  8 2009 Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org> 0.20.5-2
+- Add upstream patch to fix environment bug with Python bindings (#537391)
+
 * Tue Jun  9 2009 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> 0.20.5-1
 - Update to 0.20.5