diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine/0001-setup.py-Correct-the-license-assignment.patch b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine/0001-setup.py-Correct-the-license-assignment.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb5955a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine/0001-setup.py-Correct-the-license-assignment.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 56b421a18ef8acb41ab9e4bde7e1f5452ec67da9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 22:17:07 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] setup.py: Correct the license assignment
+
+latest python/2.9 + setuptools bail out otherwise
+
+lines = header.split('\n')
+| AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'split'
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/mapado/haversine/pull/38]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 549436d..9e7fb00 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ setup(
+     maintainer_email='julien.deniau@mapado.com',
+     url='https://github.com/mapado/haversine',
+     packages=['haversine'],
+-    license=['MIT'],
++    license='MIT',
+     classifiers=[
+         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine_2.3.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine_2.3.0.bb
index 6e02fcf71..624d30ca0 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine_2.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine_2.3.0.bb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ SUMMARY = "Calculate the distance between 2 points on Earth"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-setup.py-Correct-the-license-assignment.patch"
+
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "ff2d43a74195ec00c42ccd5da2a3f3de"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "72c76855ac25e6ad054c7ed380e95c1a96803185f005dd11f40ccaa9620b551f"