diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/patches/python3.patch b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/patches/python3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a05b38556d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/patches/python3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+--- a/gtksourceview/language-specs/convert.py
++++ b/gtksourceview/language-specs/convert.py
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ #!/usr/bin/env python
+ 
+ import xml.dom.minidom as dom
+-import cgi
++import html
+ 
+ default_styles = {
+     'Comment' : 'def:comment',
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
+     raise RuntimeError("don't know how to escape '%s'" % (ch,))
+ 
+ def escape_regex(s):
+-    return cgi.escape(s)
++    return html.escape(s)
+ 
+ def normalize_id(id):
+     if id == "C#":
+@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
+         if self.mimetypes or self.globs:
+             string += indent + '<metadata>\n'
+             if self.mimetypes:
+-                string += 2*indent + '<property name="mimetypes">%s</property>\n' % (cgi.escape(self.mimetypes),)
++                string += 2*indent + '<property name="mimetypes">%s</property>\n' % (html.escape(self.mimetypes),)
+             if self.globs:
+-                string += 2*indent + '<property name="globs">%s</property>\n' % (cgi.escape(self.globs),)
++                string += 2*indent + '<property name="globs">%s</property>\n' % (html.escape(self.globs),)
+             string += indent + '</metadata>\n\n'
+ 
+         return string
+@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
+         self.is_container = False
+ 
+     def format(self, indent, esc_ctx, line_esc_ctx):
+-        print "Implement me: %s.format()" % (type(self).__name__,)
++        print("Implement me: %s.format()" % (type(self).__name__,))
+         return indent*2 + '<context id="%s"/>\n' % (self.id)
+ 
+     def format_escape(self, indent, esc_ctx, line_esc_ctx):
+@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
+     elif cur.tagName == "syntax-item":
+         ctx = parseSyntaxItem(cur, name, _name, style)
+     else:
+-        print "Unknown tag: %s" % (cur.tagName,)
++        print("Unknown tag: %s" % (cur.tagName,))
+         ctx = None
+ 
+     return ctx
+@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
+     import sys
+ 
+     if not sys.argv[1:]:
+-        print "usage: %s LANG_FILE" % (sys.argv[0])
++        print("usage: %s LANG_FILE" % (sys.argv[0]))
+         sys.exit(1)
+ 
+     lang_file = parse_file(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
index 1ffb4346694..09d13015265 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview2/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gtksourceview2'
 pkgname=gtksourceview2
 version=2.10.5
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel"
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gtksourceview/2.10/gtksourceview-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=c585773743b1df8a04b1be7f7d90eecdf22681490d6810be54c81a7ae152191e
-# convert.py:178
-python_version=2
+python_version=3
 
 post_patch() {
 	vsed -i -e 's/DATADIRNAME=lib/DATADIRNAME=share/' configure