diff --git a/srcpkgs/buildbot/patches/disable-sqlalchemy-version-check.patch b/srcpkgs/buildbot/patches/disable-sqlalchemy-version-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5d2947a003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/buildbot/patches/disable-sqlalchemy-version-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- buildbot/db/enginestrategy.py.orig
++++ buildbot/db/enginestrategy.py
+@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ class BuildbotEngineStrategy(strategies.
+ 
+         if version_tup < (0, 6):
+             raise RuntimeError("SQLAlchemy version %s is too old" % (version,))
+-        if version_tup > (0, 7, 10):
+-            raise RuntimeError("SQLAlchemy version %s is not supported by "
+-                               "SQLAlchemy-Migrate" % (version,))
+ 
+     def create(self, name_or_url, **kwargs):
+         if 'basedir' not in kwargs:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/buildbot/template b/srcpkgs/buildbot/template
index cea11433d6a..d012c89fb85 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/buildbot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/buildbot/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'buildbot'
 pkgname=buildbot
 version=0.8.9
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python"