diff --git a/0001-Move-python-modules-to-architecture-specific-directo.patch b/0001-Move-python-modules-to-architecture-specific-directo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21c84d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Move-python-modules-to-architecture-specific-directo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 4953f89845a55bddd21df1b505301b884ab2809a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:04:23 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Move python modules to architecture-specific directory
+
+This is because dbus-python gets dragged in as a dependency of other
+things people want to be multilib-compatible.  As is the Python
+modules conflict.
+---
+ Makefile.am | 9 +++++----
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index ebc2e43..1a14da4 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
+ 
+ # === dbus package ===
+ 
+-nobase_python_PYTHON = \
++dbuspydir = $(pyexecdir)
++nobase_dbuspy_DATA = \
+     dbus/bus.py \
+     dbus/connection.py \
+     dbus/_compat.py \
+@@ -38,12 +39,12 @@ nobase_python_PYTHON = \
+     dbus/types.py
+ 
+ if !HAVE_PYTHON_3
+-nobase_python_PYTHON += \
++nobase_dbuspy_DATA += \
+     dbus/gobject_service.py \
+     $(NULL)
+ endif
+ 
+-check_py_sources = $(nobase_python_PYTHON)
++check_py_sources = $(nobase_dbuspy_DATA)
+ include $(top_srcdir)/tools/check-coding-style.mk
+ 
+ # === Devel stuff ===
+@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ _dbus_glib_bindings/_dbus_glib_bindings.la:
+ 
+ APIDOC_PYTHONPATH = $(abs_top_srcdir):$(abs_top_builddir)/_dbus_bindings/.libs:$(abs_top_builddir)/_dbus_glib_bindings/.libs
+ 
+-api api/index.html: $(nobase_python_PYTHON) \
++api api/index.html: $(nobase_dbuspy_DATA) \
+ 		    _dbus_bindings/_dbus_bindings.la \
+ 		    _dbus_glib_bindings/_dbus_glib_bindings.la
+ 	rm -rf api
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/dbus-python.spec b/dbus-python.spec
index 9e2662a..83aa69b 100644
--- a/dbus-python.spec
+++ b/dbus-python.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Source1: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/%{name}-%{version}.tar
 # Added functionality for Fedora server dbus api requested by sgallagh
 # https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26903#c9
 Patch0:  object_manager.patch
+# borrow centos7 patch to use sitearch properly
+Patch2: 0001-Move-python-modules-to-architecture-specific-directo.patch
 
 BuildRequires: dbus-devel
 BuildRequires: dbus-glib-devel
@@ -43,8 +45,10 @@ Summary: D-Bus bindings for python3
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
-# For new arches (aarch64/ppc64le)
+%patch0 -p1 -b .object_manager
+%patch2 -p1 -b .sitearch
+
+# For new arches (aarch64/ppc64le), and patch2
 autoreconf -vif
 
 
@@ -67,8 +71,8 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT -C python3-build
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT -C python2-build
 
 # unpackaged files
-rm -fv  $RPM_BUILDROOT%{python2_sitearch}/*.la
-rm -fv  $RPM_BUILDROOT%{python3_sitearch}/*.la
+rm -fv  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python2_sitearch}/*.la
+rm -fv  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python3_sitearch}/*.la
 rm -rfv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/dbus-python/
 
 
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ make check -k -C python3-build
 %files
 %doc COPYING NEWS
 %{python2_sitearch}/*.so
-%{python2_sitelib}/dbus/
+%{python2_sitearch}/dbus/
 
 %files devel
 %doc README ChangeLog doc/API_CHANGES.txt doc/HACKING.txt doc/tutorial.txt
@@ -90,11 +94,12 @@ make check -k -C python3-build
 %files -n python3-dbus
 %doc COPYING
 %{python3_sitearch}/*.so
-%{python3_sitelib}/dbus/
+%{python3_sitearch}/dbus/
 
 
 %changelog
 * Thu Nov 06 2014 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 1.2.0-7
+- python2_sitelib should be python2_sitearch (#1161121)
 - update URL, s/python/python2/ a bit
 
 * Sat Aug 16 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.0-6