diff --git a/009-raise-an-error-when-STARTTLS-fails.patch b/009-raise-an-error-when-STARTTLS-fails.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..102b323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/009-raise-an-error-when-STARTTLS-fails.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 935f806ae382a45620873dea0eafc536c9e01323 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Miro=20Hron=C4=8Dok?= <miro@hroncok.cz>
+Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 14:51:24 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Raise an error when STARTTLS fails
+
+CVE-2016-0772 python: smtplib StartTLS stripping attack
+rhbz#1303647: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303647
+rhbz#1351679: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351679
+
+Based on an upstream change by Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
+- in changeset 101886:b3ce713fb9be 2.7
+- https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b3ce713fb9be
+---
+ lib-python/2.7/smtplib.py | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/lib-python/2.7/smtplib.py b/lib-python/2.7/smtplib.py
+index 8388b98..e1651c0 100755
+--- a/lib-python/2.7/smtplib.py
++++ b/lib-python/2.7/smtplib.py
+@@ -656,6 +656,11 @@ class SMTP:
+             self.ehlo_resp = None
+             self.esmtp_features = {}
+             self.does_esmtp = 0
++        else:
++            # RFC 3207:
++            # 501 Syntax error (no parameters allowed)
++            # 454 TLS not available due to temporary reason
++            raise SMTPResponseException(resp, reply)
+         return (resp, reply)
+ 
+     def sendmail(self, from_addr, to_addrs, msg, mail_options=[],
+-- 
+2.9.0
+
diff --git a/pypy.spec b/pypy.spec
index 1ff2087..d3e41ea 100644
--- a/pypy.spec
+++ b/pypy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           pypy
 Version:        5.0.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python implementation with a Just-In-Time compiler
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ Patch1: 006-always-log-stdout.patch
 # community that won't make sense outside of it).  [Sorry to be a killjoy]
 Patch2: 007-remove-startup-message.patch
 
+# CVE-2016-0772 python: smtplib StartTLS stripping attack
+# rhbz#1303647: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303647
+# rhbz#1351679: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351679
+# FIXED UPSTREAM: https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b3ce713fb9be
+# Raise an error when STARTTLS fails
+Patch3: 009-raise-an-error-when-STARTTLS-fails.patch
+
 # Build-time requirements:
 
 # pypy's can be rebuilt using itself, rather than with CPython; doing so
@@ -268,6 +275,7 @@ Build of PyPy with support for micro-threads for massive concurrency
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 # Replace /usr/local/bin/python shebangs with /usr/bin/python:
 find -name "*.py" -exec \
   sed \
@@ -710,6 +718,13 @@ CheckPyPy %{name}-c-stackless
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 30 2016 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 5.0.1-3
+- Fix for: CVE-2016-0772 python: smtplib StartTLS stripping attack
+- Raise an error when STARTTLS fails
+- rhbz#1303647: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303647
+- rhbz#1351679: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351679
+- Fixed upstream: https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b3ce713fb9be
+
 * Fri May 13 2016 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 5.0.1-2
 - Move header files back to %%{pypy_include_dir} (rhbz#1328025)