diff --git a/srcpkgs/fceux/patches/scons-python-3.patch b/srcpkgs/fceux/patches/scons-python-3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4805e93309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fceux/patches/scons-python-3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+ backported from 878245fe Altered SCons build scripts to work with Python 3.
+diff --git SConstruct SConstruct
+--- SConstruct
++++ SConstruct
+@@ -47,30 +47,30 @@ if platform.system == "ppc":
+ # Default compiler flags:
+ env.Append(CCFLAGS = ['-Wall', '-Wno-write-strings', '-Wno-sign-compare'])
+ 
+-if os.environ.has_key('PLATFORM'):
++if 'PLATFORM' in os.environ:
+   env.Replace(PLATFORM = os.environ['PLATFORM'])
+-if os.environ.has_key('CC'):
++if 'CC' in os.environ:
+   env.Replace(CC = os.environ['CC'])
+-if os.environ.has_key('CXX'):
++if 'CXX' in os.environ:
+   env.Replace(CXX = os.environ['CXX'])
+-if os.environ.has_key('WINDRES'):
++if 'WINDRES' in os.environ:
+   env.Replace(WINDRES = os.environ['WINDRES'])
+-if os.environ.has_key('CFLAGS'):
++if 'CFLAGS' in os.environ:
+   env.Append(CCFLAGS = os.environ['CFLAGS'].split())
+-if os.environ.has_key('CXXFLAGS'):
++if 'CXXFLAGS' in os.environ:
+   env.Append(CXXFLAGS = os.environ['CXXFLAGS'].split())
+-if os.environ.has_key('CPPFLAGS'):
++if 'CPPFLAGS' in os.environ:
+   env.Append(CPPFLAGS = os.environ['CPPFLAGS'].split())
+-if os.environ.has_key('LDFLAGS'):
++if 'LDFLAGS' in os.environ:
+   env.Append(LINKFLAGS = os.environ['LDFLAGS'].split())
+-if os.environ.has_key('PKG_CONFIG_PATH'):
++if 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH' in os.environ:
+   env['ENV']['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = os.environ['PKG_CONFIG_PATH']
+-if not os.environ.has_key('PKG_CONFIG_PATH') and env['PLATFORM'] == 'darwin':
++if 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH' not in os.environ and env['PLATFORM'] == 'darwin':
+   env['ENV']['PKG_CONFIG_PATH'] = "/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/X11/lib/pkgconfig"
+-if os.environ.has_key('PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR'):
++if 'PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR' in os.environ:
+   env['ENV']['PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR'] = os.environ['PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR']
+ 
+-print "platform: ", env['PLATFORM']
++print("platform: ", env['PLATFORM'])
+ 
+ # compile with clang
+ if env['CLANG']:
+@@ -104,18 +104,18 @@ else:
+     assert conf.CheckLibWithHeader('z', 'zlib.h', 'c', 'inflate;', 1), "please install: zlib"
+   if env['SDL2']:
+     if not conf.CheckLib('SDL2'):
+-      print 'Did not find libSDL2 or SDL2.lib, exiting!'
++      print('Did not find libSDL2 or SDL2.lib, exiting!')
+       Exit(1)
+     env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["_SDL2"])
+     env.ParseConfig('pkg-config sdl2 --cflags --libs')
+   else:
+     if not conf.CheckLib('SDL'):
+-      print 'Did not find libSDL or SDL.lib, exiting!'
++      print('Did not find libSDL or SDL.lib, exiting!')
+       Exit(1)
+     env.ParseConfig('sdl-config --cflags --libs')
+   if env['GTK']:
+     if not conf.CheckLib('gtk-x11-2.0'):
+-      print 'Could not find libgtk-2.0, exiting!'
++      print('Could not find libgtk-2.0, exiting!')
+       Exit(1)
+     # Add compiler and linker flags from pkg-config
+     config_string = 'pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0'
+@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ else:
+         env.Append(CCFLAGS = ["-I/usr/include/lua"])
+         lua_available = True
+       if lua_available == False:
+-        print 'Could not find liblua, exiting!'
++        print ('Could not find liblua, exiting!')
+         Exit(1)
+     else:
+       env.Append(CCFLAGS = ["-Isrc/lua/src"])
+@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ else:
+     gd = conf.CheckLib('gd', autoadd=1)
+     if gd == 0:
+       env['LOGO'] = 0
+-      print 'Did not find libgd, you won\'t be able to create a logo screen for your avis.'
++      print('Did not find libgd, you won\'t be able to create a logo screen for your avis.')
+    
+   if env['OPENGL'] and conf.CheckLibWithHeader('GL', 'GL/gl.h', 'c', autoadd=1):
+     conf.env.Append(CCFLAGS = "-DOPENGL")
+@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ if sys.byteorder == 'little' or env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32':
+ if env['FRAMESKIP']:
+   env.Append(CPPDEFINES = ['FRAMESKIP'])
+ 
+-print "base CPPDEFINES:",env['CPPDEFINES']
+-print "base CCFLAGS:",env['CCFLAGS']
++print("base CPPDEFINES:",env['CPPDEFINES'])
++print("base CCFLAGS:",env['CCFLAGS'])
+ 
+ if env['DEBUG']:
+   env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["_DEBUG"], CCFLAGS = ['-g', '-O0'])
+diff --git src/SConscript src/SConscript
+index 4713e15..2001146 100644
+--- src/SConscript
++++ src/SConscript
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ else:
+   platform_files = SConscript('drivers/sdl/SConscript')
+ file_list.append(platform_files)
+ 
+-print env['LINKFLAGS']
++print(env['LINKFLAGS'])
+ 
+ if env['PLATFORM'] == 'win32':
+   fceux = env.Program('fceux.exe', file_list)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fceux/template b/srcpkgs/fceux/template
index 8a8c87d4fc4..978b097a933 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fceux/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fceux/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'fceux'
 pkgname=fceux
 version=2.2.3
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=scons
 make_build_args="SYSTEM_LUA=1"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"