diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pathtools/patches/strip-version.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-pathtools/patches/strip-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e247849fc80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pathtools/patches/strip-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Python 3.12 drops the imp module, and rather than implement a convoluted
+replacement for imp.load_source to automatically populate the package version,
+we can just add a placeholder and vsed it in the template.
+
+--- ./setup.py.orig	2023-09-29 14:08:21.605034790 -0400
++++ ./setup.py	2023-09-29 14:08:47.085183549 -0400
+@@ -22,13 +22,8 @@
+ # THE SOFTWARE.
+ 
+ import os
+-import imp
+ from setuptools import setup
+ 
+-PKG_DIR = 'pathtools'
+-version = imp.load_source('version',
+-                          os.path.join(PKG_DIR, 'version.py'))
+-
+ def read_file(filename):
+     """
+     Reads the contents of a given file relative to the directory
+@@ -40,7 +35,7 @@
+     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)).read()
+ 
+ setup(name='pathtools',
+-      version=version.VERSION_STRING,
++      version='@@VERSION@@',
+       description='File system general utilities',
+       long_description=read_file('README'),
+       author="Yesudeep Mangalapilly",
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pathtools/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pathtools/template
index 0874986d422..b841140aae6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pathtools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pathtools/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-pathtools'
 pkgname=python3-pathtools
 version=0.1.2
-revision=6
+revision=7
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3"
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ homepage="https://github.com/gorakhargosh/pathtools"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pathtools/pathtools-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7c35c5421a39bb82e58018febd90e3b6e5db34c5443aaaf742b3f33d4655f1c0
 
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e "s/@@VERSION@@/${version}/" setup.py
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }