diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux-tools/patches/python3.8.patch b/srcpkgs/linux-tools/patches/python3.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..630fabc69ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux-tools/patches/python3.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- tools/perf/Makefile.config.orig
++++ tools/perf/Makefile.config
+@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@
+ PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ := $(call shell-sq,$(PYTHON_CONFIG))
+ 
+ ifdef PYTHON_CONFIG
+-  PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --ldflags 2>/dev/null)
++  PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --embed --ldflags 2>/dev/null)
+   PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS := $(call strip-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS))
+   PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD := $(call grep-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)) -lutil
+-  PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --includes 2>/dev/null)
++  PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --embed --includes 2>/dev/null)
+   FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+ endif
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/linux-tools/template b/srcpkgs/linux-tools/template
index 1ab32630507..e41f5575d7b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/linux-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/linux-tools/template
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ version=5.3.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="linux-${version}"
 build_style=meta
-hostmakedepends="asciidoc automake flex libtool perl python xmlto"
+hostmakedepends="asciidoc automake flex libtool perl python3 xmlto"
 makedepends="babeltrace-devel binutils-devel eudev-libudev-devel
  liblzma-devel libressl-devel libsysfs-devel libunwind-devel
- ncurses-devel pciutils-devel python-devel slang-devel"
+ ncurses-devel pciutils-devel python3-devel slang-devel"
 depends="cpupower-${version}_${revision} perf-${version}_${revision} usbip-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="Linux kernel tools meta-pkg"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ do_build() {
 	cd ${wrksrc}/tools/perf
 	make ${makejobs} CC=$CC LD=$LD CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" EXTRA_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
 		WERROR=0 DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} prefix=/usr lib=lib/perf \
-		NO_GTK2=1 NO_SDT=1 \
+		NO_GTK2=1 NO_SDT=1 PYTHON=python3 \
 		PERF_VERSION=${version}_${revision} \
 		all man
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ do_install() {
 	cd ${wrksrc}/tools/perf
 	make CC=$CC LD=$LD CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" EXTRA_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
 		WERROR=0 DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} prefix=/usr lib=lib/perf \
-		NO_GTK2=1 NO_SDT=1 \
+		NO_GTK2=1 NO_SDT=1 PYTHON=python3 \
 		PERF_VERSION=${version}_${revision} \
 		install install-man
 	# move completion in new directory