diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-etebase/patches/libssl_linking.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-etebase/patches/libssl_linking.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea144ca7c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-etebase/patches/libssl_linking.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 2767461bc4509440be3a9b8f553b9a0bea468e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tom Hacohen <tom@stosb.com>
+Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:59:53 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Dynamically link against libssl.
+
+---
+ Cargo.toml | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
+index 5700454..d525653 100644
+--- a/Cargo.toml
++++ b/Cargo.toml
+@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ log = "^0.4.6"
+
+ [dependencies]
+ cpython = { version = "0.7", features = ["extension-module"] }
+-openssl = { version = "0.10.30", features = ["vendored"] }
+ etebase = { version = "^0.5.1" }
+--
+2.28.0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-etebase/template b/srcpkgs/python3-etebase/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..512a43e824b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-etebase/template
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-etebase'
+pkgname=python3-etebase
+version=0.31.5
+revision=1
+archs="x86_64"
+wrksrc="etebase-py-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+build_helper="rust"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-setuptools-rust cargo"
+makedepends="libsodium libsodium-devel openssl-devel pkg-config"
+depends="python3-msgpack openssl"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-pytest ${depends}"
+short_desc="Python library for Etebase"
+maintainer="DragonGhost7 <darkiridiumghost@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/etesync/etebase-py/"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/etesync/etebase-py/master/ChangeLog.md"
+distfiles="https://github.com/etesync/etebase-py/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3f372b18cc518e04788ca553fb05989f77f393d041688a44f69b7b5b56d71048
+make_check=no  #checking requires starting the server on localhost
+
+pre_build() {
+	vsed -i -e 's|.rustfmt_bindings(true);|.rustfmt_bindings(false);|' build.rs
+#rustfmt binary is not present in the default cargo installation.
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}