diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface/patches/sphinx3.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface/patches/sphinx3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7611b89a2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface/patches/sphinx3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+From f1ce0d2f790ebd8e1158ac8e4a1d04715053fc38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fred Drake <fred.drake@keepertech.com>
+Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:01:46 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] update to work with newer sphinx
+
+- avoid sphinx.util.force_decode on python 3.x
+- support sphinx 3.x:
+  * Sphinx.domains -> Sphinx.registry.domains
+  * Sphinx.override_domain(D) -> Sphinx.add_domain(D, override=True)
+---
+ repoze/sphinx/autointerface.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
+
+Modified by fosslinux.
+
+diff --git repoze/sphinx/autointerface.py repoze/sphinx/autointerface.py
+index 597567e..147c790 100644
+--- repoze/sphinx/autointerface.py
++++ repoze/sphinx/autointerface.py
+@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
+ from zope.interface.interface import InterfaceClass
+ 
++
++if sys.version_info < (3,):
++    from sphinx.util import force_decode
++else:
++    def force_decode(s, encoding):
++        return s
++
++
+@@ -117,17 +117,27 @@
+ 
+         from sphinx.domains import ObjType
+ 
++        try:
++            domains = app.domains
++        except AttributeError:
++            domains = app.registry.domains
++
+         # Allow the :class: directive to xref interface objects through the search
+         # mechanism, i.e., prefixed with a '.', like :class:`.ITheInterface`
+         # (without this, an exact match is required)
+-        class InterfacePythonDomain(app.domains['py']):
++        class InterfacePythonDomain(domains['py']):
+             pass
+-        InterfacePythonDomain.object_types = app.domains['py'].object_types.copy()
++        InterfacePythonDomain.object_types = domains['py'].object_types.copy()
+         InterfacePythonDomain.object_types['interface'] = ObjType( 'interface', 'interface', 'obj', 'class')
+         old_class = InterfacePythonDomain.object_types['class']
+         new_class = ObjType( old_class.lname, *(old_class.roles + ('interface',)), **old_class.attrs )
+         InterfacePythonDomain.object_types['class'] = new_class
+-        app.override_domain( InterfacePythonDomain )
++
++        if hasattr(app, 'override_domain'):
++            app.override_domain( InterfacePythonDomain )
++        else:
++            app.add_domain( InterfacePythonDomain, override=True )
++
+     except AttributeError:
+         # Sphinx < 1.0
+         app.add_directive('interface', InterfaceDesc)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface/template b/srcpkgs/python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface/template
index f0352fc9b7e..684c7f90d05 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface/template
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface'
 pkgname=python3-repoze.sphinx.autointerface
 version=0.8
-revision=2
+revision=3
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="repoze.sphinx.autointerface-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3-zope.interface"
+depends="python3-zope.interface python3-Sphinx python3-setuptools"
+checkdepends="$depends"
 short_desc="Sphinx extension to auto-generate API docs from Zope interfaces"
 maintainer="Alex Childs <misuchiru03+void@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-4-Clause"