diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/patches/table-fix.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/patches/table-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61e28098c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/patches/table-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 1b1b963804bcc87a7187d07c3943585d9385ea92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
+Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:39:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix name error
+
+---
+ rst2ansi/table.py | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/rst2ansi/table.py b/rst2ansi/table.py
+index 389eb38..9f867a5 100644
+--- a/rst2ansi/table.py
++++ b/rst2ansi/table.py
+@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def noop(*args, **kwargs):
+ 
+   def visit_table(self, node):
+     if self.level > 0:
+-      raise SkipChildren
++      raise nodes.SkipChildren
+     self.level += 1
+ 
+   def depart_table(self, node):
+@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def _draw_rule(self):
+ 
+   def visit_table(self, node):
+     if self.level > 0:
+-      raise SkipChildren
++      raise nodes.SkipChildren
+     self.level += 1
+     self._draw_rule()
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/patches/unicode.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/patches/unicode.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..591eb070423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/patches/unicode.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From c6f390b45be689a5760060c990e3fe10f502e671 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Franklin \"Snaipe\" Mathieu" <snaipe@arista.com>
+Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:06:51 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] api: fix AttributeError on decode when feeding unicode
+ strings in python3
+
+Fixes #12, #13
+---
+ rst2ansi/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/rst2ansi/__init__.py b/rst2ansi/__init__.py
+index f0665f4..0ea9a97 100644
+--- a/rst2ansi/__init__.py
++++ b/rst2ansi/__init__.py
+@@ -45,5 +45,8 @@ def style_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[]):
+   for style in STYLES:
+     roles.register_local_role('ansi-' + style, style_role)
+ 
+-  out = core.publish_string(input_string.decode('utf-8'), settings_overrides=overrides, writer=Writer(unicode=output_encoding.startswith('utf')))
++  if hasattr(input_string, 'decode'):
++    input_string = input_string.decode('utf-8')
++
++  out = core.publish_string(input_string, settings_overrides=overrides, writer=Writer(unicode=output_encoding.startswith('utf')))
+   return out.decode(output_encoding)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/template b/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31734232678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-rst2ansi/template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-rst2ansi'
+pkgname=python3-rst2ansi
+version=0.1.5
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-docutils"
+short_desc="Python utility for rendering RST in the terminal"
+maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/Snaipe/python-rst2ansi"
+distfiles="
+ ${PYPI_SITE}/r/rst2ansi/rst2ansi-${version}.tar.gz
+ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Snaipe/python-rst2ansi/v${version}/LICENSE
+"
+checksum="1b17fb9a628d40f57933ad1a3aa952346444be069469508e73e95060da33fe6f
+ f9e900cbd36e32459517036a0e55e437c6311dca5eee1a9086df9f525e94d8c0"
+make_check=no # package defines no tests
+skip_extraction="LICENSE"
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${sourcepkg}-${version}/LICENSE"
+}