diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dominate/patches/strip-version.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-dominate/patches/strip-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3fc2bc0f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-dominate/patches/strip-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+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 09:55:31.893470107 -0400
++++ ./setup.py	2023-09-29 09:56:17.655743399 -0400
+@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@
+ 
+ from setuptools import setup
+ 
+-import imp
+-_version = imp.load_source("dominate._version", "dominate/_version.py")
+-
+ long_description = open('README.md').read()
+ 
+ setup(
+   name    = 'dominate',
+-  version = _version.__version__,
++  version = '@@VERSION@@',
+   author  = 'Tom Flanagan and Jake Wharton',
+   author_email = 'tom@zkpq.ca',
+   license = 'LGPLv3',
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dominate/template b/srcpkgs/python3-dominate/template
index 19e0f070382..6990c54131d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-dominate/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-dominate/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-dominate'
 pkgname=python3-dominate
 version=2.8.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3"
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ homepage="https://github.com/Knio/dominate"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Knio/dominate/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=4e55f84b8446fe4338a7acaf60bbb1cb133a81c4c7a46a196b904c9f8387d377
 
+post_patch() {
+	# Adjust the version properly
+	vsed -i -e "s/@@VERSION@@/${version}/" setup.py
+}
+
 pre_check() {
 	# this fix the failed test in i686
 	# https://github.com/Knio/dominate/issues/175