diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python-urlgrabber_3.9.1.bb b/recipes-devtools/python/python-urlgrabber_3.9.1.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index aeb792d..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python-urlgrabber_3.9.1.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "A high-level cross-protocol url-grabber"
-SECTION = "devel/python"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=68ad62c64cc6c620126241fd429e68fe"
-SRCNAME = "urlgrabber"
-
-DEPENDS = "python-pycurl-native python-pycurl"
-
-SRC_URI = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/u/${SRCNAME}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "00c8359bf71062d0946bacea521f80b4"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4437076c8708e5754ea04540e46c7f4f233734ee3590bb8a96389264fb0650d0"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
-
-inherit distutils
diff --git a/recipes-ros/resource-retriever/resource-retriever/0001-Python3-compatibility-10.patch b/recipes-ros/resource-retriever/resource-retriever/0001-Python3-compatibility-10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eca93c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-ros/resource-retriever/resource-retriever/0001-Python3-compatibility-10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+From 2105ad5c201bacd9860ad21fa3b4de96eed0e124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ruben Smits <ruben.smits@intermodalics.eu>
+Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 18:02:23 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Python3 compatibility (#10)
+
+* Replace urlgrabber with urllib[2]
+
+As urlgrabber is not supported for Python 3 replace it with either the built-in urllib (Python 2) or urllib2 (Python 3)
+
+* Use rospkg instead of system call for rospack
+
+* Add test for python functionality
+
+* Fix rospkg dependency definition
+
+Upstream-Status: Backported
+---
+ package.xml                        |  2 +-
+ src/resource_retriever/__init__.py | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
+ test/CMakeLists.txt                |  2 ++
+ test/test.py                       | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 test/test.py
+
+diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
+index fc1d789..4b447dc 100644
+--- a/package.xml
++++ b/package.xml
+@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
+   <run_depend>curl</run_depend>
+   <run_depend>rosconsole</run_depend>
+   <run_depend>roslib</run_depend>
+-  <run_depend>python-urlgrabber</run_depend>
++  <run_depend>python-rospkg</run_depend>
+ 
+ </package>
+diff --git a/src/resource_retriever/__init__.py b/src/resource_retriever/__init__.py
+index d92baca..747a63f 100644
+--- a/src/resource_retriever/__init__.py
++++ b/src/resource_retriever/__init__.py
+@@ -33,17 +33,16 @@
+ 
+ import roslib; roslib.load_manifest('resource_retriever')
+ import subprocess
+-import urlgrabber, string
++import rospkg
++try:
++    from urllib.request import urlopen
++    from urllib.error import URLError
++except ImportError:
++    from urllib2 import urlopen
++    from urllib2 import URLError
+ 
+ PACKAGE_PREFIX = 'package://'
+-
+-def rospack_find(package):
+-    process = subprocess.Popen(['rospack', 'find', package], shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+-    (stdout, stderr) = process.communicate()
+-    if len(stderr) > 0:
+-        raise Exception(stderr)
+-    else:
+-        return string.strip(stdout)
++r = rospkg.RosPack()
+ 
+ def get_filename(url, use_protocol=True ):
+     mod_url = url
+@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ def get_filename(url, use_protocol=True ):
+ 
+         package = mod_url[0:pos]
+         mod_url = mod_url[pos:]
+-        package_path = rospack_find(package)
++        package_path = r.get_path(package)
+ 
+         if use_protocol:
+             protocol = "file://"
+@@ -65,5 +64,8 @@ def get_filename(url, use_protocol=True ):
+     return mod_url
+ 
+ def get(url):
+-    return urlgrabber.urlopen(get_filename(url))
+-
++    filename = get_filename(url)
++    try:
++        return urlopen(filename).read()
++    except URLError:
++        raise Exception("Invalid URL: {}".format(filename))
+diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+index f133bf6..e311f59 100644
+--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+ 
+ catkin_add_gtest(${PROJECT_NAME}_utest test.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}_utest ${PROJECT_NAME})
++
++catkin_add_nosetests(test.py)
+diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..ce1843f
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/test/test.py
+@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
++import resource_retriever as r
++
++import os
++import rospkg
++from nose.tools import raises
++
++rospack = rospkg.RosPack()
++
++def test_get_by_package():
++    res = r.get("package://resource_retriever/test/test.txt")
++    assert len(res) == 1
++    assert res == 'A'.encode()
++
++def test_get_large_file():
++    res_path = os.path.join(rospack.get_path("resource_retriever"), "test/large_file.dat")
++    with open(res_path, 'w') as f:
++        for _ in range(1024*1024*50):
++            f.write('A')
++    res = r.get("package://resource_retriever/test/large_file.dat")
++    assert len(res) == 1024*1024*50
++
++def test_http():
++    res = r.get("http://packages.ros.org/ros.key")
++    assert len(res) > 0
++
++@raises(Exception)
++def test_invalid_file():
++    r.get("file://fail")
++
++@raises(Exception)
++def test_no_file():
++    r.get("package://roscpp")
++
++@raises(rospkg.common.ResourceNotFound)
++def test_invalid_package():
++    r.get("package://invalid_package_blah/test.xml")
+-- 
+2.9.3
+
diff --git a/recipes-ros/resource-retriever/resource-retriever_1.11.7.bb b/recipes-ros/resource-retriever/resource-retriever_1.11.7.bb
index e65a3b9..94e49ea 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/resource-retriever/resource-retriever_1.11.7.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/resource-retriever/resource-retriever_1.11.7.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=16;endline=16;md5=d566ef916e9de
 
 DEPENDS = "curl rosconsole roslib"
 
-SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros/${ROS_SPN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz;downloadfilename=${ROS_SP}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros/${ROS_SPN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz;downloadfilename=${ROS_SP}.tar.gz \
+           file://0001-Python3-compatibility-10.patch \
+           "
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "1dffd39475ebe70b14390889d3b4b3c4"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5f00e95c5a086973efa25e26da9cee8f4b10b446fbb5eb6694b32b2201539866"
 
@@ -14,4 +16,4 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/${ROS_SP}"
 
 inherit catkin
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python-urlgrabber"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${PYTHON_PN}-rospkg"