diff --git a/python-eccodes-bufrtests.patch b/python-eccodes-bufrtests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f90a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-eccodes-bufrtests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- eccodes-0.9.9.unchanged/tests/test_eccodes.py	2020-08-03 15:12:30.000000000 +0200
++++ eccodes-0.9.9/tests/test_eccodes.py	2020-10-18 19:52:10.369784597 +0200
+@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ def test_bufr_keys_iterator():
+         keyname = codes_bufr_keys_iterator_get_name(iterid)
+         assert "#" not in keyname
+         count += 1
+-    assert count == 53
++    assert count == 54
+ 
+     codes_set(bid, "unpack", 1)
+     codes_bufr_keys_iterator_rewind(iterid)
+@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ def test_bufr_keys_iterator():
+     while codes_bufr_keys_iterator_next(iterid):
+         keyname = codes_bufr_keys_iterator_get_name(iterid)
+         count += 1
+-    assert count == 156
++    assert count == 157
+     codes_bufr_keys_iterator_rewind(iterid)
+     codes_bufr_keys_iterator_delete(iterid)
+     codes_release(bid)
diff --git a/python-eccodes.spec b/python-eccodes.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bb6382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-eccodes.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+Name:           python-eccodes
+Version:        0.9.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Python interface to the ecCodes GRIB and BUFR decoder/encoder
+License:        ASL 2.0
+# note: upstream has changed the name on pypi from eccodes-python to eccodes
+URL:            https://pypi.org/project/eccodes/
+Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/e/eccodes/eccodes-%{version}.tar.gz
+# see https://github.com/ecmwf/eccodes-python/pull/21
+Patch1:         python-eccodes-setup.patch
+# see https://github.com/ecmwf/eccodes-python/issues/36
+Patch2:         python-eccodes-sphinx-config.patch
+# see https://github.com/ecmwf/eccodes-python/issues/37
+# this patch is needed for eccodes2.19.0 (not for eccodes 2.18.0)
+Patch3:         python-eccodes-bufrtests.patch
+
+# note that the fast bindings are arch dependent
+BuildRequires:  eccodes-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+# needed to build the fast bindings
+BuildRequires:  python3-cffi
+# needed for checks/tests
+BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
+BuildRequires:  python3-numpy
+# these next 2 seem not actually used, although they are mentioned as
+# test dependencies in the setup.py file:
+#BuildRequires:  python3-pytest-cov
+#BuildRequires:  python3-pytest-flakes
+
+# needed to build the documentation
+BuildRequires:  python3-sphinx
+
+# dont try to build for architectures for which the main
+# ecccodes library cannot yet be build
+
+# as explained in bugzilla #1562066
+ExcludeArch: i686
+# as explained in bugzilla #1562076
+ExcludeArch: s390x
+# as explained in bugzilla #1562084
+ExcludeArch: armv7hl
+
+
+%global _description \
+Python 3 interface to encode and decode GRIB and BUFR files via the \
+ECMWF ecCodes library. It allows reading and writing of GRIB 1 and 2 \
+files and BUFR 3 and 4 files.
+
+%description %_description
+
+%package -n python3-eccodes
+Summary: %summary
+
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-eccodes}
+
+%description -n python3-eccodes %_description
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n eccodes-%{version} -p1
+
+%build
+%py3_build
+# buld documentation
+%{__python3} setup.py build_sphinx
+# remove generated sphinx files that are not part of the actual documentation
+rm build/sphinx/html/.buildinfo
+
+%install
+%py3_install
+
+# remove *.h files that do not belong in a python module directory
+rm %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/gribapi/*.h
+
+%check
+%{__python3} -m eccodes selfcheck
+%{__python3} -m pytest -v
+
+%files -n python3-eccodes
+%doc README.rst
+%doc build/sphinx/html/
+%license LICENSE
+%{python3_sitearch}/eccodes-*-py*.egg-info
+%{python3_sitearch}/eccodes
+%{python3_sitearch}/gribapi
+
+
+%changelog
+* Sun Oct 18 2020 Jos de Kloe <josdekloe@gmail.com> 0.9.9-1
+- new upstream version, and adapt to upstream project name change
+- add patch for sphinx configuration problem
+- add patch to fix test run for eccodes 2.19.0
+* Sat Jul 04 2020 Jos de Kloe <josdekloe@gmail.com> 0.9.8-1
+- new upstream version
+* Thu Mar 19 2020 Jos de Kloe <josdekloe@gmail.com> 0.9.7-1
+- First version for Fedora, based on a spec file contributed by
+  Emanuele Di Giacomo and Daniele Branchini.