diff --git a/0001-Switch-to-python3.patch b/0001-Switch-to-python3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..421cea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Switch-to-python3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 64cd6d679e8b03b097e85b486d8a5927942001f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 13:05:49 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Switch to python3
+
+Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
+---
+ tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+index a5684d0968b4..7210986c2bbf 100755
+--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
++++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/python
++#!/usr/bin/python3
+ #
+ # top-like utility for displaying kvm statistics
+ #
+-- 
+2.16.1
+