diff --git a/SOURCES/automake-1.16-pep3147-tweak-fix.patch b/SOURCES/automake-1.16-pep3147-tweak-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9f278f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/automake-1.16-pep3147-tweak-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+diff --git a/lib/am/python.am b/lib/am/python.am
+index 21e6f842c..e29ecfcd0 100644
+--- a/lib/am/python.am
++++ b/lib/am/python.am
+@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ endif %?INSTALL%
+ if %?INSTALL%
+ 
+ ?FIRST?am__pep3147_tweak = \
+-?FIRST?  sed -e 's|\.py$$||' -e 's|[^/]*$$|&.*.pyc\n&.*.pyo|'
++?FIRST?  sed -e 's|\.py$$||' -e 's|[^/]*$$|__pycache__/&.*.py|'
+ 
+ .PHONY uninstall-am: uninstall-%DIR%PYTHON
+ uninstall-%DIR%PYTHON:
+@@ -108,19 +108,26 @@ uninstall-%DIR%PYTHON:
+ 	test -n "$$py_files" || exit 0; \
+ 	dir='$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)'; \
+ ## Also remove the .pyc and .pyo byte compiled versions.
++## This is somewhat tricky, because for newer pythons we have to take
++## PEP-3147 into account.
+ 	pyc_files=`echo "$$py_files" | sed 's|$$|c|'`; \
+ 	pyo_files=`echo "$$py_files" | sed 's|$$|o|'`; \
++	py_files_pep3147=`echo "$$py_files" | $(am__pep3147_tweak)`; \
++	echo "$$py_files_pep3147";\
++	pyc_files_pep3147=`echo "$$py_files_pep3147" | sed 's|$$|c|'`; \
++	pyo_files_pep3147=`echo "$$py_files_pep3147" | sed 's|$$|o|'`; \
+ 	st=0; \
+-	for files in "$$py_files" "$$pyc_files" "$$pyo_files"; do \
++	for files in \
++	  "$$py_files" \
++	  "$$pyc_files" \
++	  "$$pyo_files" \
++## Installation of '.py' files is not influenced by PEP-3147, so it
++## is correct *not* to have $pyfiles_pep3147 here.
++	  "$$pyc_files_pep3147" \
++	  "$$pyo_files_pep3147" \
++	; do \
+ 	  $(am__uninstall_files_from_dir) || st=$$?; \
+ 	done; \
+-## This is somewhat tricky, because for newer pythons we have to take PEP-3147
+-## into account.  Avoid exceeding the command-line length limit.
+-	dir='$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)/__pycache__'; \
+-	echo "$$py_files" | $(am__pep3147_tweak) | $(am__base_list) | \
+-	  while read files; do \
+-	    $(am__uninstall_files_from_dir) || st=$$?; \
+-	  done || exit $$?; \
+ 	exit $$st
+ endif %?INSTALL%
+ 
diff --git a/SPECS/automake.spec b/SPECS/automake.spec
index 86b1edc..78ffc59 100644
--- a/SPECS/automake.spec
+++ b/SPECS/automake.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
 Name:       automake
 Version:    %{api_version}.1
-Release:    6%{?dist}
+Release:    7%{?dist}
 
 # docs ~> GFDL, sources ~> GPLv2+, mkinstalldirs ~> PD and install-sh ~> MIT
 License:    GPLv2+ and GFDL and Public Domain and MIT
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Source3:    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.guess
 Patch0:     automake-1.15-disable-vala-tests.patch
 %endif
 
+# BZ#1759942
+# automake bug#31222 - Don't use '\n' in sed substitution
+# http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=a348d830659fffd2cfc42994524783b07e69b4b5
+Patch1:     automake-1.16-pep3147-tweak-fix.patch
+
+
 URL:        http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
 Requires:   autoconf >= 2.65
 
@@ -122,6 +128,9 @@ make -k %{?_smp_mflags} check %{?TESTS_FLAGS: TESTS="%{TESTS_FLAGS}"} \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 05 2020 Patrik Novotný <panovotn@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-7
+- Upstream patch fixing automake bug#31222
+
 * Wed Aug 15 2018 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-6
 - BR imake for tests only on Fedora