diff --git a/srcpkgs/med/template b/srcpkgs/med/template
index 180f64cb6bf..48f8d35c88b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/med/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/med/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'med'
 pkgname=med
 version=4.1.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-swig=yes --includedir=/usr/include/med"
-hostmakedepends="gcc-fortran swig"
+hostmakedepends="gcc-fortran swig python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="hdf5-devel python3-devel tk-devel"
 depends="tk" # xmdump* are wish scripts
 short_desc="Data Modelization and Exchanges"
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ checksum=847db5d6fbc9ce6924cb4aea86362812c9a5ef6b9684377e4dd6879627651fce
 
 nocross="hdf5 is nocross"
 
+post_extract() {
+	# The py-compile helper uses the imp module, removed in Python 3.12;
+	# besides, we don't want the module pre-compiled anyway, so just drop it
+	: > config/py-compile
+	cat > config/py-compile <<-'EOF'
+		#!/bin/sh
+		: "$@"
+		EOF
+}
+
 libmed-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" library - development files"
 	depends="libmed>=${version}_${revision}"