diff --git a/python-pylibravatar-dns-srv-tcp.patch b/python-pylibravatar-dns-srv-tcp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72c8357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-pylibravatar-dns-srv-tcp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+=== modified file 'libravatar.py'
+--- libravatar.py	2015-06-26 18:25:23 +0000
++++ libravatar.py	2014-09-01 23:28:18 +0000
+@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
+     DNS.DiscoverNameServers()
+     try:
+         dns_request = DNS.Request(name=service_name(domain, https),
+-                                  qtype='SRV').req()
++                                  qtype='SRV', protocol='tcp').req()
+     except DNS.DNSError as message:
+         print("DNS Error: %s" % message)
+         return None
+
diff --git a/python-pylibravatar.spec b/python-pylibravatar.spec
index 6e5c4c1..50ef55a 100644
--- a/python-pylibravatar.spec
+++ b/python-pylibravatar.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Name:               python-pylibravatar
 Version:            1.6
-Release:            5%{?dist}
+Release:            6%{?dist}
 Summary:            Python module for Libravatar
 
 Group:              Development/Libraries
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Group:              Development/Libraries
 License:            MIT
 URL:                http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyLibravatar
 Source0:            http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/%{eggname}/%{eggname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# https://code.launchpad.net/~ralph-bean/pylibravatar/tcp-dns/+merge/263157
+Patch0:             python-pylibravatar-dns-srv-tcp.patch
 
 BuildArch:          noarch
 
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ avatar hosting service from within your Python applications.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{eggname}-%{version}
 
+%patch0
+
 # Correct wrong-file-end-of-line-encoding rpmlint issue
 sed -i 's/\r//' README.txt
 sed -i 's/\r//' Changelog.txt
@@ -94,6 +98,9 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 26 2015 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 1.6-6
+- Apply patch to use tcp for dns srv queries.
+
 * Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.6-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild