diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pyzmq/patches/pyzmq-cython-0.24.patch b/srcpkgs/python-pyzmq/patches/pyzmq-cython-0.24.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6ad1552e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pyzmq/patches/pyzmq-cython-0.24.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 659f9211aad1565543e26ef6877456d017c9d5bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Min RK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 09:17:05 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] remove unused, deprecated `_handle`
+
+Cython 0.24 may not support property assignment
+---
+ zmq/backend/cython/context.pyx | 8 ++------
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git zmq/backend/cython/context.pyx zmq/backend/cython/context.pyx
+index 2cb7409..3595c10 100644
+--- zmq/backend/cython/context.pyx
++++ zmq/backend/cython/context.pyx
+@@ -108,16 +108,12 @@ cdef class Context:
+             if self._n_sockets:
+                 # move last handle to closed socket's index
+                 self._sockets[idx] = self._sockets[self._n_sockets]
+-    
+-    
++
+     @property
+     def underlying(self):
+         """The address of the underlying libzmq context"""
+         return <size_t> self.handle
+-    
+-    # backward-compat, though nobody is using it
+-    _handle = underlying
+-    
++
+     cdef inline int _term(self):
+         cdef int rc=0
+         if self.handle != NULL and not self.closed and getpid() == self._pid:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pyzmq/template b/srcpkgs/python-pyzmq/template
index 8a79a0d2a0f..ecea3c6c3a4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pyzmq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pyzmq/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pyzmq'
 pkgname=python-pyzmq
 version=15.2.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="pyzmq-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 make_build_args="--zmq=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
 python_versions="2.7 3.4"
+pycompile_module="zmq"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python-devel python3.4-devel python-Cython
  python3.4-Cython zeromq-devel"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends/pkg-config/}"
-pycompile_module="zmq"
 short_desc="Python2 bindings for the ZeroMQ messaging library"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq"
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ pre_build() {
 		[global]
 		skip_check_zmq = True
 	EOF
-
-	# remove shebangs
-	find zmq/eventloop/minitornado -type f -name '*.py' -exec sed -i '/^#!.*python$/d' {} +
 }
 
 python3.4-pyzmq_package() {