diff --git a/0001-Don-t-always-expect-base64.decodestring-to-exist.patch b/0001-Don-t-always-expect-base64.decodestring-to-exist.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b79e121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Don-t-always-expect-base64.decodestring-to-exist.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 696d957e13d1bc5b2034dcd637bc088cc4646a53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 09:15:20 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Don't always expect base64.decodestring to exist
+
+This does the same as before, but in such a way as not to fail if
+`base64.decodestring` doesn't exist at all - as is the case in
+Python 3.9.
+
+This is a backport of #206 on top of 5.2.1.
+
+Signed-off-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+---
+ feedparser/feedparser.py | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/feedparser/feedparser.py b/feedparser/feedparser.py
+index 999cb0d..1548db8 100644
+--- a/feedparser/feedparser.py
++++ b/feedparser/feedparser.py
+@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ except ImportError:
+     base64 = binascii = None
+ else:
+     # Python 3.1 deprecates decodestring in favor of decodebytes
+-    _base64decode = getattr(base64, 'decodebytes', base64.decodestring)
++    try:
++        _base64decode = base64.decodebytes
++    except AttributeError:
++        _base64decode = base64.decodestring
+ 
+ # _s2bytes: convert a UTF-8 str to bytes if the interpreter is Python 3
+ # _l2bytes: convert a list of ints to bytes if the interpreter is Python 3
+-- 
+2.26.2
+
diff --git a/python-feedparser.spec b/python-feedparser.spec
index 1c0903f..a480955 100644
--- a/python-feedparser.spec
+++ b/python-feedparser.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           python-feedparser
 Version:        5.2.1
-Release:        14%{?dist}
+Release:        15%{?dist}
 Summary:        Parse RSS and Atom feeds in Python
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Source0:        https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/f/%{srcname}/%{srcname}-
 #   ImportError: No module named 'BaseHTTPServer'
 Patch0: feedparser-5.1.3-tests-py3.patch
 
+# Fix for decodestring being removed in Python 3.9
+# https://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser/pull/206
+# backported to 5.2.1
+Patch1: 0001-Don-t-always-expect-base64.decodestring-to-exist.patch
+
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
@@ -100,6 +105,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 15 2020 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 5.2.1-15
+- Backport PR #206 to fix with Python 3.9 (Karthikeyan Singaravelan)
+
 * Thu Jan 30 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 5.2.1-14
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild