diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-Sphinx/patches/pytest.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-Sphinx/patches/pytest.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9dcdcef723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-Sphinx/patches/pytest.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2020-02-10 15:29:43.296312199 +0700
++++ setup.py	2020-02-10 15:29:53.988279685 +0700
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+         'sphinxcontrib-websupport',
+     ],
+     'test': [
+-        'pytest < 5.3.3',
++        'pytest',
+         'pytest-cov',
+         'html5lib',
+         'flake8>=3.5.0',
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-Sphinx/template b/srcpkgs/python3-Sphinx/template
index 104cffb3f5a..74c77434fea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-Sphinx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-Sphinx/template
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-Sphinx'
 pkgname=python3-Sphinx
-version=2.3.1
+version=2.4.0
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc=Sphinx-${version}
 build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_module=sphinx
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-Jinja2 python3-docutils python3-Pygments
  python3-snowballstemmer python3-Babel python3-alabaster python3-imagesize
@@ -13,18 +12,23 @@ depends="python3-Jinja2 python3-docutils python3-Pygments
  python3-sphinxcontrib-devhelp python3-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp
  python3-sphinxcontrib-jsmath python3-sphinxcontrib-qthelp
  python3-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml"
+checkdepends="$depends python3-html5lib python3-mypy ImageMagick tox"
 short_desc="Python 3 documentation generator"
 maintainer="Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://sphinx-doc.org"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/S/Sphinx/Sphinx-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e6e766b74f85f37a5f3e0773a1e1be8db3fcb799deb58ca6d18b70b0b44542a5
+checksum=fb2ce74c28154872757925edda0060b4c4102cdc86b8b30063f23399678de2ca
 alternatives="
  sphinx:sphinx-apidoc:/usr/bin/sphinx-apidoc3
  sphinx:sphinx-autogen:/usr/bin/sphinx-autogen3
  sphinx:sphinx-build:/usr/bin/sphinx-build3
  sphinx:sphinx-quickstart:/usr/bin/sphinx-quickstart3"
 
+do_check() {
+	tox -e py${py3_ver/./}
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/sphinx-apidoc ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/sphinx-apidoc3
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/sphinx-autogen ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/sphinx-autogen3