diff --git a/srcpkgs/py3c/patches/destdir.patch b/srcpkgs/py3c/patches/destdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c4cb2f0cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/py3c/patches/destdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From eef6c4abaeaba4ee2cb84b2c639ce04de8a20b71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=A9r=C3=A9mie=20Courr=C3=A8ges-Anglas?=
+ <45601387+jcourreges@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 11:57:07 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Add DESTDIR for staged installations
+
+For reference: https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html
+
+https://github.com/encukou/py3c/pull/29
+---
+ Makefile | 10 +++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git Makefile Makefile
+index 761304d..4b04f7c 100644
+--- Makefile
++++ Makefile
+@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ py3c.pc: py3c.pc.in $(includedir)
+ 	sed -e's:@includedir@:$(realpath $(includedir)):' $< > $@
+ 
+ install: py3c.pc
+-	mkdir -p -m 0755 $(includedir)/py3c
+-	install -m 0644 include/py3c.h $(includedir)/py3c.h
+-	install -m 0644 $(wildcard include/py3c/*.h) $(includedir)/py3c/
++	mkdir -p -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/py3c
++	install -m 0644 include/py3c.h $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/py3c.h
++	install -m 0644 $(wildcard include/py3c/*.h) $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/py3c/
+ 
+-	mkdir -p -m 0755 $(pkgconfigdir)
+-	install -m 0644 py3c.pc $(pkgconfigdir)/
++	mkdir -p -m 0755 $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)
++	install -m 0644 py3c.pc $(DESTDIR)$(pkgconfigdir)/
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	rm py3c.pc ||:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/py3c/template b/srcpkgs/py3c/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f60edc2bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/py3c/template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'py3c'
+pkgname=py3c
+version=1.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
+short_desc="Python 2/3 compatibility layer for C extensions"
+maintainer="Piotr Wójcik <chocimier@tlen.pl>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://py3c.readthedocs.io"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/encukou/py3c/master/doc/source/changelog.rst"
+distfiles="https://github.com/encukou/py3c/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c7ffc22bc92dded0ca859db53ef3a0b466f89a9f8aad29359c9fe4ff18ebdd20
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.MIT
+}