diff --git a/srcpkgs/speech-dispatcher/patches/spdconfig.patch b/srcpkgs/speech-dispatcher/patches/spdconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39dec79a54e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/speech-dispatcher/patches/spdconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Patch pulled from upstream repo, author Samuel Thibault.
+Goes away with 0.8.7 or whatever their next version is.
+diff --git src/api/python/speechd_config/config.py.in src/api/python/speechd_config/config.py.in
+index a59ef79a..e9b2ae53 100644
+--- src/api/python/speechd_config/config.py.in
++++ src/api/python/speechd_config/config.py.in
+@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def setup_argparse():
+     parser.add_argument('-D', '--debug', dest='debug',
+             action="store_true", default=False,
+             help=_("Debug a problem and generate a report"))
++    return parser
+ 
+ class Tests:
+     """Tests of functionality of Speech Dispatcher and its dependencies
+@@ -750,7 +751,7 @@ you have to start it manually to continue."""))
+ 
+ def main():
+     options = setup_argparse()
+-    options.parse()
++    options = options.parse_args()
+     test = Tests()
+     configure = Configure(test) # that should possibly be refactored, test should not be passed
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/speech-dispatcher/template b/srcpkgs/speech-dispatcher/template
index d7da122cb8e..6919c091409 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/speech-dispatcher/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/speech-dispatcher/template
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 # Template build file for 'speech-dispatcher'.
 pkgname=speech-dispatcher
 version=0.8.6
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 short_desc="High-level device independent layer for speech synthesis interface"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="GPL2/FDL"
+license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1, GFDL-1.2"
 homepage="http://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd"
 distfiles="http://devel.freebsoft.org/pub/projects/speechd/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c233dc3757c1f0d3676480d1052d42d88d18d29ab0cb0c8b5ce8edc3e7386ff8
+pycompile_module='speechd speechd_config'
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
-makedepends="libltdl-devel glib-devel dotconf-devel libsndfile-devel libespeak-devel"
+makedepends="libltdl-devel glib-devel dotconf-devel libsndfile-devel libespeak-devel libao-devel python3-devel"
+depends="python3"
 conf_files="
  /etc/speech-dispatcher/clients/*.conf
  /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/*.conf