diff --git a/boto-2.40.0-route53-no-resourcepath.patch b/boto-2.40.0-route53-no-resourcepath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38ac8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boto-2.40.0-route53-no-resourcepath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Index: boto-2.40.0/boto/route53/healthcheck.py
+===================================================================
+--- boto-2.40.0.orig/boto/route53/healthcheck.py
++++ boto-2.40.0/boto/route53/healthcheck.py
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class HealthCheck(object):
+             %(ip_addr_part)s
+             <Port>%(port)s</Port>
+             <Type>%(type)s</Type>
+-            <ResourcePath>%(resource_path)s</ResourcePath>
++            %(resource_path)s
+             %(fqdn_part)s
+             %(string_match_part)s
+             %(request_interval)s
+@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class HealthCheck(object):
+ 
+     XMLRequestIntervalPart = """<RequestInterval>%(request_interval)d</RequestInterval>"""
+ 
++    XMLResourcePath = """<ResourcePath>%(resource_path)s</ResourcePath>"""
++
+     valid_request_intervals = (10, 30)
+ 
+     def __init__(self, ip_addr, port, hc_type, resource_path, fqdn=None, string_match=None, request_interval=30, failure_threshold=3):
+@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ class HealthCheck(object):
+             'ip_addr_part': '',
+             'port': self.port,
+             'type': self.hc_type,
+-            'resource_path': self.resource_path,
++            'resource_path': "",
+             'fqdn_part': "",
+             'string_match_part': "",
+             'request_interval': (self.XMLRequestIntervalPart %
+@@ -140,6 +142,9 @@ class HealthCheck(object):
+         if self.ip_addr:
+             params['ip_addr_part'] = self.XMLIpAddrPart % {'ip_addr': self.ip_addr}
+ 
++        if self.resource_path is not None:
++            params['resource_path'] = self.XMLResourcePath % {'resource_path': self.resource_path}
++
+         if self.string_match is not None:
+             params['string_match_part'] = self.XMLStringMatchPart % {'string_match': self.string_match}
+ 
diff --git a/python-boto.spec b/python-boto.spec
index 2832bae..d12df41 100644
--- a/python-boto.spec
+++ b/python-boto.spec
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ Patch7:         boto-2.40.0-multi-vpc-zone.patch
 # https://github.com/boto/boto/pull/2875
 Patch8:         boto-2.40.0-s3-requestlog.patch
 
+# Allow route53 health check resource paths to be none
+# https://github.com/boto/boto/pull/2866
+Patch9:         boto-2.40.0-route53-no-resourcepath.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python-six
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ cloud systems like Eucalyptus, OpenStack and Open Nebula.
 %patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
+%patch9 -p1
 
 rm -r boto/vendored
 
@@ -219,6 +224,7 @@ mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir} examples
 - Added new instance attributes
 - Fixed multi-VPC hosted zone parsing
 - Fixed request logging for S3 requests
+- Allowed route53 health check resource paths to be none
 
 * Mon May 23 2016 Jon Ciesla <limburgher@gmail.com> - 2.40.0-1
 - 2.40.0.