diff --git a/archive_encoding.patch b/archive_encoding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..269fbe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive_encoding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/pyp2rpm/archive.py b/pyp2rpm/archive.py
+index 49d6bef..fab45a8 100644
+--- a/pyp2rpm/archive.py
++++ b/pyp2rpm/archive.py
+@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class Archive(object):
+                 if (full_path and member.name == name)\
+                         or (not full_path and os.path.basename(member.name) == name):
+                     extracted = self.handle.extractfile(member)
+-                    return extracted.read().decode(locale.getpreferredencoding())
++                    return extracted.read().decode('utf-8')
+ 
+         return None
+ 
diff --git a/remove_pytest-runner.patch b/remove_pytest-runner.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92c98f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove_pytest-runner.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 0a29364..33bb01b 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ setup(
+                       ],
+     setup_requires=['setuptools',
+                     'flexmock >= 0.9.3',
+-                    'pytest-runner',
+                     ],
+     tests_require=['pytest'],
+     classifiers=['Development Status :: 4 - Beta',