diff --git a/180.patch b/180.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fe2c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/180.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From c7d2f38c06039798f998c7c83685b1b44ffd24d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Luk=C3=A1=C5=A1=20Hr=C3=A1zk=C3=BD?= <lhrazky@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:32:29 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not unref LrErr_Exception on exit (RhBug:1778854)
+
+It seems the reference to a Python exception obtained from
+PyErr_NewException is borrowed and is not meant to be decref'd on
+exit. From valgrind output Python frees the memory allocated for these
+itself.
+
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1778854
+---
+ librepo/python/librepomodule.c | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/librepo/python/librepomodule.c b/librepo/python/librepomodule.c
+index 231a8cf..3d52893 100644
+--- a/librepo/python/librepomodule.c
++++ b/librepo/python/librepomodule.c
+@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ exit_librepo(void)
+ {
+     Py_XDECREF(debug_cb);
+     Py_XDECREF(debug_cb_data);
+-    Py_XDECREF(LrErr_Exception);
+ }
+ 
+ struct module_state {
diff --git a/librepo.spec b/librepo.spec
index 5a9ec7d..e47548b 100644
--- a/librepo.spec
+++ b/librepo.spec
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@
 
 Name:           librepo
 Version:        1.11.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Repodata downloading library
 
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/rpm-software-management/librepo
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch01:        180.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc
@@ -189,6 +190,9 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 05 2020 Lukas Slebodnik <lslebodn@fedoraproject.org> - 1.11.1-3
+- Do not unref LrErr_Exception on exit (RhBug:1778854)
+
 * Wed Jan 29 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.11.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild