diff --git a/srcpkgs/anki/patches/fix_distutils_not_found.patch b/srcpkgs/anki/patches/fix_distutils_not_found.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..555c89bbf76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/anki/patches/fix_distutils_not_found.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/anki/mpv.py
++++ b/anki/mpv.py
+@@ -39 +39 @@ import inspect
+-from distutils.spawn import find_executable # pylint: disable=import-error,no-name-in-module
++from shutil import which
+@@ -68 +68 @@ class MPVBase:
+-    executable = find_executable("mpv")
++    executable = which("mpv")
diff --git a/srcpkgs/anki/template b/srcpkgs/anki/template
index ead0f33a1df..97ad67d6001 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/anki/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/anki/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'anki'
 pkgname=anki
 version=2.1.15
-revision=6
+revision=7
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 depends="python3-PyQt5-webengine python3-requests python3-SQLAlchemy
  python3-PyAudio python3-mpv python3-Markdown python3-send2trash