diff --git a/srcpkgs/afew/patches/python3.12.patch b/srcpkgs/afew/patches/python3.12.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee873a3e4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/afew/patches/python3.12.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./afew/Settings.py.orig	2023-09-28 15:08:53.611940644 -0400
++++ ./afew/Settings.py	2023-09-28 15:09:06.740017084 -0400
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ # preserve the capitalization of the keys.
+ settings.optionxform = str
+ 
+-settings.readfp(open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'defaults', 'afew.config')))
++settings.read_file(open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'defaults', 'afew.config')))
+ settings.read(os.path.join(user_config_dir, 'config'))
+ 
+ # All the values for keys listed here are interpreted as ;-delimited lists
diff --git a/srcpkgs/afew/template b/srcpkgs/afew/template
index eb0faa6d498..c3bf26e3609 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/afew/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/afew/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'afew'
 pkgname=afew
 version=3.0.1
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm python3-Sphinx pkg-config"
 depends="notmuch-python3 python3-dkimpy python3-chardet notmuch"
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/a/afew/afew-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ce857fe1a3bc0982c1dac81aef66cacc148e4f9db06da720f869392af1c2ee72
 
 post_build() {
-	python3 setup.py build_sphinx -b man
+	mkdir -p build/sphinx/man
+	python3 -m sphinx -b man docs build/sphinx/man
 }
 
 post_install() {