diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf/0001-Add-Python-3.7-compatibility-4862.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf/0001-Add-Python-3.7-compatibility-4862.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da5e73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf/0001-Add-Python-3.7-compatibility-4862.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+From 539bc017a62f91bdf7c547b58948cb5a2f59d918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ben Webb <ben@salilab.org>
+Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 10:58:10 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Add Python 3.7 compatibility (#4862)
+
+Compilation of Python wrappers fails with Python 3.7 because
+the Python folks changed their C API such that
+PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize() now returns a const char* rather
+than a char*. Add a patch to work around. Relates #4086.
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git]
+Signed-off-by: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
+
+---
+ google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor.cc            | 2 +-
+ google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_containers.cc | 2 +-
+ google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_pool.cc       | 2 +-
+ google/protobuf/pyext/extension_dict.cc        | 2 +-
+ google/protobuf/pyext/message.cc               | 4 ++--
+ 5 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor.cc b/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor.cc
+index 8af0cb1..19a1c38 100644
+--- a/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor.cc
++++ b/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor.cc
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
+   #endif
+   #define PyString_AsStringAndSize(ob, charpp, sizep) \
+     (PyUnicode_Check(ob)? \
+-       ((*(charpp) = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
++       ((*(charpp) = const_cast<char*>(PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep)))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
+        PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(ob, (charpp), (sizep)))
+ #endif
+ 
+diff --git a/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_containers.cc b/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_containers.cc
+index bc007f7..0153664 100644
+--- a/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_containers.cc
++++ b/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_containers.cc
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
+   #endif
+   #define PyString_AsStringAndSize(ob, charpp, sizep) \
+     (PyUnicode_Check(ob)? \
+-       ((*(charpp) = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
++       ((*(charpp) = const_cast<char*>(PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep)))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
+        PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(ob, (charpp), (sizep)))
+ #endif
+ 
+diff --git a/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_pool.cc b/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_pool.cc
+index 95882ae..962accc 100644
+--- a/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_pool.cc
++++ b/google/protobuf/pyext/descriptor_pool.cc
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+   #endif
+   #define PyString_AsStringAndSize(ob, charpp, sizep) \
+     (PyUnicode_Check(ob)? \
+-       ((*(charpp) = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
++       ((*(charpp) = const_cast<char*>(PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep)))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
+        PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(ob, (charpp), (sizep)))
+ #endif
+ 
+diff --git a/google/protobuf/pyext/extension_dict.cc b/google/protobuf/pyext/extension_dict.cc
+index 018b5c2..174c547 100644
+--- a/google/protobuf/pyext/extension_dict.cc
++++ b/google/protobuf/pyext/extension_dict.cc
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
+   #endif
+   #define PyString_AsStringAndSize(ob, charpp, sizep) \
+     (PyUnicode_Check(ob)? \
+-       ((*(charpp) = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
++       ((*(charpp) = const_cast<char*>(PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep)))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
+        PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(ob, (charpp), (sizep)))
+ #endif
+ 
+diff --git a/google/protobuf/pyext/message.cc b/google/protobuf/pyext/message.cc
+index 5893533..31094b7 100644
+--- a/google/protobuf/pyext/message.cc
++++ b/google/protobuf/pyext/message.cc
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+     (PyUnicode_Check(ob)? PyUnicode_AsUTF8(ob): PyBytes_AsString(ob))
+   #define PyString_AsStringAndSize(ob, charpp, sizep) \
+     (PyUnicode_Check(ob)? \
+-       ((*(charpp) = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
++       ((*(charpp) = const_cast<char*>(PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(ob, (sizep)))) == NULL? -1: 0): \
+        PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(ob, (charpp), (sizep)))
+   #endif
+ #endif
+@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ PyObject* HasField(CMessage* self, PyObject* arg) {
+     return NULL;
+   }
+ #else
+-  field_name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(arg, &size);
++  field_name = const_cast<char*>(PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(arg, &size));
+   if (!field_name) {
+     return NULL;
+   }
+-- 
+2.7.4
+