diff --git a/00175-fix-configure-Wformat.patch b/00175-fix-configure-Wformat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b57208c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00175-fix-configure-Wformat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up Python-2.7.3/configure.in.fix-configure-Wformat Python-2.7.3/configure.in
+--- Python-2.7.3/configure.in.fix-configure-Wformat	2013-03-25 15:15:18.473888383 -0400
++++ Python-2.7.3/configure.in	2013-03-25 15:15:32.513887426 -0400
+@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ if test "$GCC" = "yes"
+ then
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether gcc supports ParseTuple __format__)
+   save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
++  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror -Wformat"
+   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
+     AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[void f(char*,...)__attribute((format(PyArg_ParseTuple, 1, 2)));]], [[]])
+   ],[
diff --git a/05000-autotool-intermediates.patch b/05000-autotool-intermediates.patch
index 790cd27..2847d47 100644
--- a/05000-autotool-intermediates.patch
+++ b/05000-autotool-intermediates.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 diff -up ./configure.autotool-intermediates ./configure
---- ./configure.autotool-intermediates	2012-04-11 18:35:27.009518662 -0400
-+++ ./configure	2012-04-11 18:35:27.852508123 -0400
+--- ./configure.autotool-intermediates	2013-03-25 15:25:30.438846538 -0400
++++ ./configure	2013-03-25 15:25:32.496846397 -0400
 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
  #! /bin/sh
  # From configure.in Revision.
@@ -668,6 +668,15 @@ diff -up ./configure.autotool-intermediates ./configure
    $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
  else
    ac_save_cc="$CC"
+@@ -5731,7 +5757,7 @@ then
+   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether gcc supports ParseTuple __format__" >&5
+ $as_echo_n "checking whether gcc supports ParseTuple __format__... " >&6; }
+   save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
++  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror -Wformat"
+   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
+ 
 @@ -5770,7 +5796,7 @@ fi
  # options before we can check whether -Kpthread improves anything.
  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether pthreads are available without options" >&5
@@ -1338,7 +1347,7 @@ diff -up ./configure.autotool-intermediates ./configure
    $as_echo "#define WITH_THREAD 1" >>confdefs.h
  
      posix_threads=yes
-@@ -8651,7 +8677,7 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_func_pthread_detach" = 
+@@ -8651,7 +8677,7 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_func_pthread_detach" =
  else
  
      ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "atheos/threads.h" "ac_cv_header_atheos_threads_h" "$ac_includes_default"
@@ -2690,8 +2699,8 @@ diff -up ./configure.autotool-intermediates ./configure
    fi
   ;;
 diff -up ./pyconfig.h.in.autotool-intermediates ./pyconfig.h.in
---- ./pyconfig.h.in.autotool-intermediates	2012-04-11 18:35:27.002518749 -0400
-+++ ./pyconfig.h.in	2012-04-11 18:35:28.133504610 -0400
+--- ./pyconfig.h.in.autotool-intermediates	2013-03-25 15:25:30.435846538 -0400
++++ ./pyconfig.h.in	2013-03-25 15:25:33.030846360 -0400
 @@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
  /* Define this if you have BeOS threads. */
  #undef BEOS_THREADS
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index 536f2e9..4d3b299 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
 Name: %{python}
 # Remember to also rebase python-docs when changing this:
 Version: 2.7.3
-Release: 34%{?dist}
+Release: 35%{?dist}
 License: Python
 Group: Development/Languages
 Requires: %{python}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -819,6 +819,16 @@ Patch173: 00173-workaround-ENOPROTOOPT-in-bind_port.patch
 # e.g. cmpi-bindings under systemd (rhbz#817554):
 Patch174: 00174-fix-for-usr-move.patch
 
+# 00175 #
+# Fix for configure.ac mistakenly detecting
+#   checking whether gcc supports ParseTuple __format__... yes
+# when it doesn't, when compiling with gcc 4.8
+#
+# Sent upstream as http://bugs.python.org/issue17547
+# (rhbz#927358)
+Patch175: 00175-fix-configure-Wformat.patch
+
+
 # (New patches go here ^^^)
 #
 # When adding new patches to "python" and "python3" in Fedora 17 onwards,
@@ -1160,6 +1170,7 @@ mv Modules/cryptmodule.c Modules/_cryptmodule.c
 %patch172 -p1
 %patch173 -p1
 %patch174 -p1 -b .fix-for-usr-move
+%patch175 -p1 -b .fix-configure-Wformat
 
 
 # This shouldn't be necesarry, but is right now (2.2a3)
@@ -1992,6 +2003,9 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 25 2013 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 2.7.3-35
+- fix gcc 4.8 incompatibility (rhbz#927358); regenerate autotool intermediates
+
 * Wed Mar  6 2013 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 2.7.3-34
 - restrict scope of workaround for cmpi-bindings issue to avoid breaking
 in-tree running of test_sys and test_subprocess (rhbz#817554)