diff --git a/lang/python27/Makefile b/lang/python27/Makefile
index 3c07760c5c14..e8a41bc8f070 100644
--- a/lang/python27/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python27/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.47 2014/12/16 07:40:58 chopps Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.48 2015/03/03 17:19:58 snj Exp $
 
 .include "dist.mk"
 
 PKGNAME=	python27-${PY_DISTVERSION}
+PKGREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	lang python
 
 MAINTAINER=	pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org
diff --git a/lang/python27/distinfo b/lang/python27/distinfo
index 39c86a940282..1af1b049e6cc 100644
--- a/lang/python27/distinfo
+++ b/lang/python27/distinfo
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.48 2014/12/16 07:07:32 chopps Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.49 2015/03/03 17:19:58 snj Exp $
 
 SHA1 (Python-2.7.9.tar.xz) = 3172f6e957713c2d9fca462cc16068222fd1b9d3
 RMD160 (Python-2.7.9.tar.xz) = 2b047c3b56987b473c3ca957ad87f5582c37d6f6
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Size (Python-2.7.9.tar.xz) = 12164712 bytes
 SHA1 (patch-Include_pyerrors.h) = 3eba043c83b1d1df4918524f7b53047a6ed372ae
 SHA1 (patch-Include_pyport.h) = 971c7c548b92595712d0d70a0917a0ccc83b6c7e
 SHA1 (patch-Lib_distutils_unixccompiler.py) = 39b967dc2ae648143d5841f22602a21063b4d5ea
+SHA1 (patch-Lib_dumbdb.py) = b4b154f511c8852e2f869653eccd7d9a1c21e734
 SHA1 (patch-Lib_multiprocessing_process.py) = b47ad4cbeddbcfb4342c08c84d0d515a793815d4
+SHA1 (patch-Lib_test_test__dumbdbm.py) = f59f0d8bbf910bac369528129b564597a77379ba
 SHA1 (patch-Modules_getaddrinfo.c) = 696c58c4c4bbb710fb1508d7d88864d0b08cfc79
 SHA1 (patch-Modules_getpath.c) = aa8a54717a85f831e3ceaad19d96c43bc38aef10
 SHA1 (patch-Modules_mmapmodule.c) = 87ea76e6d8263045c1ca794ff5c75ed631a74b6d
diff --git a/lang/python27/patches/patch-Lib_dumbdb.py b/lang/python27/patches/patch-Lib_dumbdb.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd5821cb52f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python27/patches/patch-Lib_dumbdb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-Lib_dumbdb.py,v 1.1 2015/03/03 17:19:58 snj Exp $
+
+http://bugs.python.org/issue22885
+
+--- Lib/dumbdbm.py.orig	2015-03-03 09:05:52.000000000 -0800
++++ Lib/dumbdbm.py	2015-03-03 09:10:02.000000000 -0800
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ is read when the database is opened, and
+ 
+ """
+ 
++import ast as _ast
+ import os as _os
+ import __builtin__
+ import UserDict
+@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class _Database(UserDict.DictMixin):
+             with f:
+                 for line in f:
+                     line = line.rstrip()
+-                    key, pos_and_siz_pair = eval(line)
++                    key, pos_and_siz_pair = _ast.literal_eval(line)
+                     self._index[key] = pos_and_siz_pair
+ 
+     # Write the index dict to the directory file.  The original directory
diff --git a/lang/python27/patches/patch-Lib_test_test__dumbdbm.py b/lang/python27/patches/patch-Lib_test_test__dumbdbm.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92814defa888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python27/patches/patch-Lib_test_test__dumbdbm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-Lib_test_test__dumbdbm.py,v 1.1 2015/03/03 17:19:58 snj Exp $
+
+http://bugs.python.org/issue22885
+
+--- Lib/test/test_dumbdbm.py.orig	2015-03-03 09:05:53.000000000 -0800
++++ Lib/test/test_dumbdbm.py	2015-03-03 09:10:02.000000000 -0800
+@@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ class DumbDBMTestCase(unittest.TestCase)
+             self.assertEqual(expected, got)
+             f.close()
+ 
++    def test_eval(self):
++        with open(_fname + '.dir', 'w') as stream:
++            stream.write("str(__import__('sys').stdout.write('Hacked!')), 0\n")
++        with test_support.captured_stdout() as stdout:
++            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
++                dumbdbm.open(_fname).close()
++            self.assertEqual(stdout.getvalue(), '')
++
+     def tearDown(self):
+         _delete_files()
+