diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00122ce..d0100ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /rpmlint-1.6.tar.xz
 /rpmlint-1.7.tar.xz
 /rpmlint-1.8.tar.gz
+/rpmlint-1.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/rpmlint-1.9-unicodefix.patch b/rpmlint-1.9-unicodefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da1f3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpmlint-1.9-unicodefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/FilesCheck.py.unicodefix rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/FilesCheck.py
+--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/FilesCheck.py.unicodefix	2016-07-08 10:45:32.988796231 -0400
++++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/FilesCheck.py	2016-07-08 10:47:07.520138612 -0400
+@@ -572,8 +572,14 @@ class FilesCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractC
+ 
+                 chunk = None
+                 istext = False
+-                if os.access(pkgfile.path, os.R_OK):
+-                    (chunk, istext) = peek(pkgfile.path, pkg)
++                res = None
++                try:
++                    res = os.access(pkgfile.path, os.R_OK)
++                except UnicodeError as e:  # e.g. non-ASCII, C locale, python 3
++                    printWarning(pkg, 'inaccessible-filename', f, e)
++                else:
++                    if res:
++                        (chunk, istext) = peek(pkgfile.path, pkg)
+ 
+                 (interpreter, interpreter_args) = script_interpreter(chunk)
+ 
+@@ -1304,6 +1310,11 @@ it in the rpm header indicates that it i
+ but it actually is not in the filesystem.  Because of this, some checks will
+ be skipped.''',
+ 
++'inaccessible-filename',
++'''An error occurred while trying to access this file due to some characters
++in its name. Because of this, some checks will be skipped. Access could work
++with some other locale settings.''',
++
+ 'executable-crontab-file',
+ '''This crontab file has executable bit set, which is refused by newer version
+ of cron''',
+diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/Filter.py.unicodefix rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/Filter.py
+--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/Filter.py.unicodefix	2016-07-08 10:43:35.135616091 -0400
++++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/Filter.py	2016-07-08 10:45:25.885845645 -0400
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
+ 
+ from __future__ import print_function
+ 
++import codecs
+ import locale
+ import sys
+ import textwrap
+@@ -25,17 +26,20 @@ _diagnostic = list()
+ _badness_score = 0
+ printed_messages = {"I": 0, "W": 0, "E": 0}
+ 
+-__stdout = sys.stdout
+ __preferred_encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+ if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+-    import codecs
+     __stdout = codecs.getwriter(__preferred_encoding)(sys.stdout, 'replace')
+ 
++    def __print(s):
++        if isinstance(s, str):
++            s = s.decode(__preferred_encoding, 'replace')
++        print(s, file=__stdout)
++else:
++    __stdout = codecs.getwriter(__preferred_encoding)(
++        sys.stdout.buffer, 'replace')
+ 
+-def __print(s):
+-    if isinstance(s, str) and hasattr(s, 'decode'):
+-        s = s.decode(__preferred_encoding, 'replace')
+-    print(s, file=__stdout)
++    def __print(s):
++        print(s, file=__stdout)
+ 
+ 
+ def printInfo(pkg, reason, *details):
+diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/Makefile.unicodefix rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/Makefile
+--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/Makefile.unicodefix	2016-07-08 10:47:23.748025724 -0400
++++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/Makefile	2016-07-08 10:47:38.945919999 -0400
+@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ PYTHON = /usr/bin/python
+ # update this variable to create a new release
+ VERSION := 1.9
+ 
+-# for the [A-Z]* part
+-LC_ALL:=C
+-export LC_ALL
+-
+ all: __version__.py __isocodes__.py
+ 
+ clean:
+diff -up rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test.sh.unicodefix rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test.sh
+--- rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test.sh.unicodefix	2016-07-08 10:47:52.116828374 -0400
++++ rpmlint-rpmlint-1.9/test.sh	2016-07-08 10:48:34.045536691 -0400
+@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@ for i in $TESTPATH/test.*.py; do
+ done
+ 
+ echo "Check that rpmlint executes with no unexpected errors"
++echo "...in default locale"
+ $PYTHON ./rpmlint -C $(pwd) test/*/*.rpm test/spec/*.spec >/dev/null
+ rc=$?
+ test $rc -eq 0 -o $rc -eq 64 || exit $rc
++echo "...in the C locale"
++LC_ALL=C $PYTHON ./rpmlint -C $(pwd) test/*/*.rpm test/spec/*.spec >/dev/null
++rc=$?
++test $rc -eq 0 -o $rc -eq 64 || exit $rc
+ 
+ echo "$PYTEST tests"
+ $PYTEST -v || exit $?
diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index f05e4d2..40ddc06 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
 %if %{with python3}
 %global python %{__python3}
 %global pytest %(ls -1 %{_bindir}/py.test-3* | tail -n 1)
+%global flake8 python3-flake8
 %else
 %global python %{__python}
 %global pytest py.test
+%global flake8 flake8
 %endif
 
 Name:           rpmlint
-Version:        1.8
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Version:        1.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages
 Group:          Development/Tools
 License:        GPLv2
@@ -26,21 +28,25 @@ Source3:        %{name}-etc.config
 Source4:        %{name}.config.el4
 # EL-5 specific config
 Source5:        %{name}.config.el5
-# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/commit/4e8657f47fb15b7a871b88054d15ea1141dd55b3
-Patch0:		rpmlint-1.8-epathfix.patch
-# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/commit/3b0286ba7f2192807b6d1eadf1fe7c46cc364854
-Patch1:		rpmlint-1.8-python35-fix.patch
+# Combines all of these upstream changes
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/commit/4ddbcccc5e12e4f3777ca0790880afa63e91e2fb
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/commit/d2de79e1f855a6852be9e337314cdf5e0e594993
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/commit/15e4ae11e498530f975574567fca0e65a9a0acb7
+# https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpmlint/commit/d08a7ce333355898dea05b1ed82c5884eccde5ff
+Patch0:		rpmlint-1.9-unicodefix.patch
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with python3}
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  rpm-python3 >= 4.4.2.2
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
+BuildRequires:	python3-flake8
 Requires:	python3
 Requires:       rpm-python3 >= 4.4.2.2
 %else
 BuildRequires:  python >= 2.6
 BuildRequires:  rpm-python >= 4.4.2.2
 BuildRequires:	pytest
+BuildRequires:	python2-flake8
 Requires:       python >= 2.6
 Requires:       rpm-python >= 4.4.2.2
 %endif
@@ -78,8 +84,7 @@ and source packages as well as spec files can be checked.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{name}-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1 -b .epathfix
-%patch1 -p1 -b .py35
+%patch0 -p1 -b .unicodefix
 sed -i -e /MenuCheck/d Config.py
 cp -p config config.example
 install -pm 644 %{SOURCE3} config
@@ -107,11 +112,11 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/
 
 
 %check
-make check PYTHON=%{python} PYTEST=%{pytest}
+make check PYTHON=%{python} PYTEST=%{pytest} FLAKE8=%{flake8}
 
 
 %files
-%doc COPYING README config.example
+%doc COPYING README.md config.example
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/rpmlint/
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/
@@ -124,11 +129,13 @@ make check PYTHON=%{python} PYTEST=%{pytest}
 %{_bindir}/el*-rpmlint
 %{_bindir}/rpmlint
 %{_datadir}/rpmlint/
-%exclude %{_datadir}/rpmlint/rpmlint.py[co]
 %{_mandir}/man1/rpmdiff.1*
 %{_mandir}/man1/rpmlint.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul  6 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.9-1
+- update to 1.9
+
 * Tue Jun 14 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8-7
 - ignore explicit-lib-dependency on python subpackages with "lib"
 - update license list
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6ca12b2..83aa30a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f168dc8e190c25dc1f409abb3ef47b86  rpmlint-1.8.tar.gz
+810d7fd565d389fec305ff80af53ba40  rpmlint-1.9.tar.gz