diff --git a/SOURCES/newt-radio.patch b/SOURCES/newt-radio.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c060357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/newt-radio.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+commit ddc56f06b629aad44d0cf7e9d15a5cc1114b72c9
+Author: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
+Date:   Mon May 27 13:34:54 2019 +0200
+
+    fix radio button selection check in snack
+    
+    https://pagure.io/newt/issue/1
+
+diff --git a/snack.c b/snack.c
+index 880a431..c253f0c 100644
+--- a/snack.c
++++ b/snack.c
+@@ -1096,7 +1096,11 @@ static PyObject * widget_get_radioValue(PyObject *self, void *closure)
+ {
+ 	snackWidget *w = (snackWidget *)self;
+ 
+-	return Py_BuildValue("i", newtRadioGetCurrent(w->co));
++#if SIZEOF_VOID_P <= SIZEOF_LONG
++	return Py_BuildValue("l", (long)newtRadioGetCurrent(w->co));
++#else
++	return Py_BuildValue("L", (long long)newtRadioGetCurrent(w->co));
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ static void widgetDestructor(PyObject * o) {
diff --git a/SOURCES/newt-snackflags.patch b/SOURCES/newt-snackflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8df49b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/newt-snackflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+commit 1321e6f91a45e1c06ad648b348503a7754be5b83
+Author: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
+Date:   Tue Oct 1 16:37:55 2019 +0200
+
+    don't ignore CFLAGS when building snack
+    
+    In addition to the flags returned by python-config --cflags, use the
+    user-specified CFLAGS when building the snack object.
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index f6df602..f991184 100644
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ _snack.$(SOEXT):   snack.c $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 		PIFLAGS=`$$pyconfig --includes`; \
+ 		PLDFLAGS=`$$pyconfig --ldflags`; \
+ 		PLFLAGS=`$$pyconfig --libs`; \
+-		echo $(CC) $(SHCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $$PIFLAGS $$PCFLAGS -c -o $$ver/snack.o snack.c; \
+-		$(CC) $(SHCFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $$PIFLAGS $$PCFLAGS -c -o $$ver/snack.o snack.c; \
++		echo $(CC) $(SHCFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $$PIFLAGS $$PCFLAGS -c -o $$ver/snack.o snack.c; \
++		$(CC) $(SHCFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $$PIFLAGS $$PCFLAGS -c -o $$ver/snack.o snack.c; \
+ 		echo $(CC) --shared $$PLDFLAGS $$PLFLAGS $(LDFLAGS) -o $$ver/_snack.$(SOEXT) $$ver/snack.o -L.  -lnewt $(LIBS); \
+ 		$(CC) --shared $$PLDFLAGS $$PLFLAGS $(LDFLAGS) -o $$ver/_snack.$(SOEXT) $$ver/snack.o -L.  -lnewt $(LIBS); \
+ 	done || :
diff --git a/SPECS/newt.spec b/SPECS/newt.spec
index e3ac177..87edcfa 100644
--- a/SPECS/newt.spec
+++ b/SPECS/newt.spec
@@ -5,17 +5,22 @@
 Summary: A library for text mode user interfaces
 Name: newt
 Version: 0.52.20
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 11%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: https://pagure.io/newt
 Source: https://pagure.io/releases/newt/newt-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+# Fix radio button selection check in snack
+Patch1: newt-radio.patch
+# Don't ignore CFLAGS when building snack
+Patch2: newt-snackflags.patch
+
 BuildRequires: gcc popt-devel python3-devel slang-devel
 %{?with_python2:BuildRequires: python2-devel}
 BuildRequires: docbook-utils
 # Prefer lynx over other packages providing text-www-browser
 BuildRequires: lynx
-Provides: snack = %{version}-%{release}
 # static subpackage was dropped in 0.52.20-8
 Obsoletes: %{name}-static < 0.52.20-8
 
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ providing a python API for creating text mode interfaces.
 Provides: %{name}-python3 = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: %{name}-python3%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name}-python3 < %{version}-%{release}
+Provides: snack = %{version}-%{release}
 Summary: Python 3 bindings for newt
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -74,6 +80,8 @@ providing a python API for creating text mode interfaces.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1 -b .radio
+%patch2 -p1 -b .snackflags
 
 %build
 # gpm support seems to smash the stack w/ we use help in anaconda??
@@ -117,6 +125,13 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libnewt.a
 %{python3_sitearch}/__pycache__/*.py*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 02 2019 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> - 0.52.20-11
+- don't ignore CFLAGS when building snack (#1757093)
+
+* Mon Sep 30 2019 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> - 0.52.20-10
+- move snack provides to python3-newt subpackage (#1640153)
+- fix radio button selection check in snack (#1714517)
+
 * Mon Mar 26 2018 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com> - 0.52.20-9
 - don't build python2 subpackage on rhel >= 8