diff --git a/numpy-1.6.2-unicode-python3.3.patch b/numpy-1.6.2-unicode-python3.3.patch
index c7038a5..db21ebe 100644
--- a/numpy-1.6.2-unicode-python3.3.patch
+++ b/numpy-1.6.2-unicode-python3.3.patch
@@ -52,3 +52,19 @@
          else {
              PyVoidScalarObject *vobj = (PyVoidScalarObject *)obj;
              vobj->base = NULL;
+diff --git numpy/core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src numpy/core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
+index e547071..12745d7 100644
+--- numpy/core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
++++ numpy/core/src/multiarray/scalartypes.c.src
+@@ -2592,7 +2592,11 @@ finish:
+     *((npy_@name@ *)dest) = *((npy_@name@ *)src);
+ #elif @default@ == 1 /* unicode and strings */
+     if (itemsize == 0) { /* unicode */
++#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03030000
++        itemsize = PyUnicode_GetLength(robj) * PyUnicode_KIND(robj);
++#else
+         itemsize = ((PyUnicodeObject *)robj)->length * sizeof(Py_UNICODE);
++#endif
+     }
+     memcpy(dest, src, itemsize);
+     /* @default@ == 2 won't get here */
diff --git a/numpy.spec b/numpy.spec
index 081d539..e14bc69 100644
--- a/numpy.spec
+++ b/numpy.spec
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/numpy/%{name}-%{version}%{?relc
 # Merge: fd15162 f2ac38f
 # Author: Travis E. Oliphant <teoliphant@gmail.com>
 # Date:   Fri Aug 3 22:46:21 2012 -0700
+# and commit a9d58ab42da8d2ed9071044848a54c5e066b557a
 Patch0:         numpy-1.6.2-unicode-python3.3.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)