diff --git a/srcpkgs/guitarix2/patches/python-3.11.patch b/srcpkgs/guitarix2/patches/python-3.11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15f8cad3962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/guitarix2/patches/python-3.11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: guitarix2-0.42.1/wscript
+===================================================================
+--- guitarix2-0.42.1.orig/wscript
++++ guitarix2-0.42.1/wscript
+@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def sub_file(task):
+     dst_fname = task.outputs[0].abspath()
+     lst = task.generator.sub_list
+ 
+-    with open(src_fname, 'rU') as f:
++    with open(src_fname, 'r') as f:
+         txt = f.read()
+     for (key, val) in lst:
+         re_pat = re.compile(key, re.M)