diff --git a/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/Makefile.patch b/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/Makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 52de44fad5a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/Makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2017-12-10 19:54:55.223497878 -0500
-+++ Makefile	2017-12-10 19:37:39.909790719 -0500
-@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
- EARLY_PREFIX ?=
- 
- BINDIR ?= /usr/bin
--PYTHON ?= python
-+PYTHON ?= python2
- DOCDIR ?= /usr/share/docs/$(PROGRAM_PREFIX)bootchart$(PROGRAM_SUFFIX)
- MANDIR ?= /usr/share/man/man1
- # never contains /usr; typically /lib, /lib64 or e.g. /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
-@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
- 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PKGLIBDIR)/tmpfs
- 
- install-collector: all install-chroot
--	install -m 755 -D bootchartd $(DESTDIR)$(EARLY_PREFIX)/sbin/$(PROGRAM_PREFIX)bootchartd$(PROGRAM_SUFFIX)
-+	install -m 755 -D bootchartd $(DESTDIR)$(EARLY_PREFIX)/bin/$(PROGRAM_PREFIX)bootchartd$(PROGRAM_SUFFIX)
- 	install -m 644 -D bootchartd.conf $(DESTDIR)/etc/$(PROGRAM_PREFIX)bootchartd$(PROGRAM_SUFFIX).conf
- 	install -m 755 -D bootchart-collector $(DESTDIR)$(PKGLIBDIR)/$(PROGRAM_PREFIX)bootchart$(PROGRAM_SUFFIX)-collector
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/python-3.9.patch b/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/python-3.9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..617e2e1586b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/python-3.9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Index: pybootchartgui/draw.py
+===================================================================
+--- pybootchartgui/draw.py.orig
++++ pybootchartgui/draw.py
+@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def draw_processes_recursively(ctx, proc
+ 		cmdString = proc.cmd
+ 	else:
+ 		cmdString = ''
+-	if (OPTIONS.show_pid or OPTIONS.show_all) and ipid is not 0:
++	if (OPTIONS.show_pid or OPTIONS.show_all) and ipid != 0:
+ 		cmdString = cmdString + " [" + str(ipid // 1000) + "]"
+ 	if OPTIONS.show_all:
+ 		if proc.args:
+@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ class CumlSample:
+ 		if self.color is None:
+ 			i = self.next() % HSV_MAX_MOD
+ 			h = 0.0
+-			if i is not 0:
++			if i != 0:
+ 				h = (1.0 * i) / HSV_MAX_MOD
+ 			s = 0.5
+ 			v = 1.0
+Index: pybootchartgui/parsing.py
+===================================================================
+--- pybootchartgui/parsing.py.orig
++++ pybootchartgui/parsing.py
+@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Trace:
+     def compile(self, writer):
+ 
+         def find_parent_id_for(pid):
+-            if pid is 0:
++            if pid == 0:
+                 return 0
+             ppid = self.parent_map.get(pid)
+             if ppid:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/rdinit-fix-panic.patch b/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/rdinit-fix-panic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2027d5d5b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bootchart2/patches/rdinit-fix-panic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- bootchartd.in.orig	2021-01-24 15:52:43.339735933 +0700
++++ bootchartd.in	2021-01-24 15:53:30.256889311 +0700
+@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
+ # some initrds don't have usleep etc.
+ USLEEP="$COLLECTOR_BIN --usleep"
+ 
++: "${OLDPATH:=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin}"
+ # we need to find our tools
+ PATH="/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:$PATH"
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bootchart2/template b/srcpkgs/bootchart2/template
index 2131dd7d32a..62cd9d2116a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bootchart2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bootchart2/template
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'bootchart2'
 pkgname=bootchart2
-version=0.14.8.20170531
-revision=3
-_gitrev=331ada031f1d65f6d934d918f896e1c708c64bf7
-wrksrc="bootchart-${_gitrev}"
+version=0.14.9
+revision=1
+wrksrc="bootchart-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-make_install_args="EARLY_PREFIX=/usr"
-makedepends="python"
-depends="pygtk git"
+make_install_args="EARLY_PREFIX=/usr DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/bootchart2"
+hostmakedepends="python3"
+makedepends="python3"
+depends="python3-cairo"
 short_desc="Startup graphing tool"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/xrmx/bootchart"
-distfiles="https://github.com/xrmx/bootchart/archive/${_gitrev}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a8140cc690bd7d08ab9c030325cb075e154b7545083036ffb65bda8d740d85b4
+distfiles="https://github.com/xrmx/bootchart/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=cec7871c3dba47a1165873b0acde30a82221fde1d3a942da5e7dd09b513d2017
+make_dirs="/usr/lib/bootchart/tmpfs 0755 root root"
 conflicts="bootchart>=0"
+
+post_patch() {
+	vsed -i -e 's,\$(EARLY_PREFIX)/sbin/,/usr/bin/,' Makefile
+}