diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-socksio/patches/allow-flit-versions.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-socksio/patches/allow-flit-versions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a6f8400d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-socksio/patches/allow-flit-versions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["flit_core >=2,<3"]
++requires = ["flit_core"]
+ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
+ 
+ [tool.flit.metadata]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-socksio/template b/srcpkgs/python3-socksio/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72c7bcbb8bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-socksio/template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-socksio'
+pkgname=python3-socksio
+version=1.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-pep517
+hostmakedepends="python3-poetry-core"
+makedepends="python3-flit_core"
+short_desc="Sans-I/O implementation of SOCKS4/5"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://pypi.org/project/socksio/"
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/socksio/socksio-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f88beb3da5b5c38b9890469de67d0cb0f9d494b78b106ca1845f96c10b91c4ac
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}