diff --git a/python-qt5.spec b/python-qt5.spec
index 33a4de9..7b8a51f 100644
--- a/python-qt5.spec
+++ b/python-qt5.spec
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 Summary: PyQt5 is Python bindings for Qt5
 Name: 	 python-qt5 
-Version: 5.8.2
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Version: 5.9
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 # all BSD, except for GPLv2+ dbus bindings and examples
 License: BSD and GPLv2+
@@ -214,8 +214,10 @@ PATH=%{_qt5_bindir}:$PATH ; export PATH
 # Python 2 build:
 %if 0%{?with_python2}
 mkdir %{_target_platform}
+# copy sources, seems pure shadow build support broke with 5.9 -- rex
+cp -a * %{_target_platform}/ ||:
 pushd %{_target_platform}
-%{__python2} ../configure.py \
+%{__python2} ./configure.py \
   --assume-shared \
   --confirm-license \
   --qmake=%{_qt5_qmake} \
@@ -232,12 +234,14 @@ popd
 # Python 3 build:
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 mkdir %{_target_platform}-python3
+cp -a * %{_target_platform}-python3/ ||:
 pushd %{_target_platform}-python3
-%{__python3} ../configure.py \
+%{__python3} ./configure.py \
   --assume-shared \
   --confirm-license \
   --qmake=%{_qt5_qmake} \
   --no-qsci-api \
+  --sip=%{_bindir}/python3-sip \
   --verbose \
   QMAKE_CFLAGS_RELEASE="%{optflags}" \
   QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE="%{optflags}" \
@@ -442,7 +446,7 @@ sed -i \
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %files doc
-%doc doc/*
+#doc doc/*
 %doc examples/
 # avoid dep on qscintilla-python, own %%_qt5_datadir/qsci/... here for now
 %dir %{_qt5_datadir}/qsci/
@@ -452,6 +456,9 @@ sed -i \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 05 2017 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.9-1
+- PyQt5-5.9
+
 * Wed Jul 05 2017 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.8.2-5
 - rebuild (sip)
 
diff --git a/python-qt5_sipdir.patch b/python-qt5_sipdir.patch
index 030b211..92eb2da 100644
--- a/python-qt5_sipdir.patch
+++ b/python-qt5_sipdir.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -up PyQt5_gpl-5.8.2/configure.py.qt5_sipdir PyQt5_gpl-5.8.2/configure.py
---- PyQt5_gpl-5.8.2/configure.py.qt5_sipdir	2017-03-30 03:46:57.000000000 -0500
-+++ PyQt5_gpl-5.8.2/configure.py	2017-04-03 06:58:50.647698195 -0500
+diff -up PyQt5_gpl-5.9/configure.py.sipdir PyQt5_gpl-5.9/configure.py
+--- PyQt5_gpl-5.9/configure.py.sipdir	2017-07-03 12:24:48.000000000 -0500
++++ PyQt5_gpl-5.9/configure.py	2017-07-05 20:31:35.319524089 -0500
 @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import os
  import shutil
  import stat
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ diff -up PyQt5_gpl-5.8.2/configure.py.qt5_sipdir PyQt5_gpl-5.8.2/configure.py
 +        self.pyqt_sip_dir = os.path.join(sipconfig.Configuration().default_sip_dir, 'PyQt5')
          self.pyuic_interpreter = py_config.pyuic_interpreter
  
-         # The qmake spec we want to use.
+         # Remaining values.