diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/0001-h2py-Fix-issue-13032-where-it-fails-with-UnicodeDeco.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/0001-h2py-Fix-issue-13032-where-it-fails-with-UnicodeDeco.patch
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/0001-h2py-Fix-issue-13032-where-it-fails-with-UnicodeDeco.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From 2f5a4c708d90fa8db21f446ae879cff79387448d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 21:03:16 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] h2py: Fix issue 13032 where it fails with UnicodeDecodeError
+
+use utf-8 to open the files
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+---
+ Tools/scripts/h2py.py | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Tools/scripts/h2py.py b/Tools/scripts/h2py.py
+index 4f871d9..a53fbe0 100755
+--- a/Tools/scripts/h2py.py
++++ b/Tools/scripts/h2py.py
+@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ def main():
+             sys.stdout.write('# Generated by h2py from stdin\n')
+             process(sys.stdin, sys.stdout)
+         else:
+-            fp = open(filename, 'r')
++            fp = open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
+             outfile = os.path.basename(filename)
+             i = outfile.rfind('.')
+             if i > 0: outfile = outfile[:i]
+             modname = outfile.upper()
+             outfile = modname + '.py'
+-            outfp = open(outfile, 'w')
++            outfp = open(outfile, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
+             outfp.write('# Generated by h2py from %s\n' % filename)
+             filedict = {}
+             for dir in searchdirs:
+-- 
+1.8.1.2
+