diff --git a/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/patches/distutilscross-0000-fix-python3.patch b/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/patches/distutilscross-0000-fix-python3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0afb417333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/patches/distutilscross-0000-fix-python3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+diff --git a/distutilscross/crosscompile.py b/distutilscross/crosscompile.py
+index 31dfd6c..16b683e 100644
+--- a/distutilscross/crosscompile.py
++++ b/distutilscross/crosscompile.py
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class build(_build):
+         self.cross_compile = 0
+ 
+     def finalize_options(self):
+-        if self.cross_compile and os.environ.has_key('PYTHONXCPREFIX'):
++        if self.cross_compile and 'PYTHONXCPREFIX' in os.environ:
+             prefix = os.environ['PYTHONXCPREFIX']
+             sysconfig.get_python_lib = get_python_lib
+             sysconfig.PREFIX = prefix
+@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class build(_build):
+ 
+ _get_python_lib = sysconfig.get_python_lib
+ def get_python_lib(plat_specific=0, standard_lib=0, prefix=None):
+-    if os.environ.has_key('PYTHONXCPREFIX'):
+-        print "Setting prefix"
++    if 'PYTHONXCPREFIX' in os.environ:
++        print("Setting prefix")
+         prefix = os.environ['PYTHONXCPREFIX']
+ 
+     return _get_python_lib(plat_specific, standard_lib, prefix)
+@@ -50,24 +50,24 @@ def customize_compiler(compiler):
+             sysconfig.get_config_vars('CC', 'CXX', 'OPT', 'CFLAGS',
+                             'CCSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'SO')
+ 
+-        if os.environ.has_key('CC'):
++        if 'CC' in os.environ:
+             cc = os.environ['CC']
+-        if os.environ.has_key('CXX'):
++        if 'CXX' in os.environ:
+             cxx = os.environ['CXX']
+-        if os.environ.has_key('LDSHARED'):
++        if 'LDSHARED' in os.environ:
+             ldshared = os.environ['LDSHARED']
+-        if os.environ.has_key('CPP'):
++        if 'CPP' in os.environ:
+             cpp = os.environ['CPP']
+         else:
+             cpp = cc + " -E"           # not always
+-        if os.environ.has_key('LDFLAGS'):
++        if 'LDFLAGS' in os.environ:
+             ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['LDFLAGS']
+-        if os.environ.has_key('OPT'):
++        if 'OPT' in os.environ:
+             opt = os.environ['OPT']
+-        if os.environ.has_key('CFLAGS'):
++        if 'CFLAGS' in os.environ:
+             cflags = opt + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
+             ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['CFLAGS']
+-        if os.environ.has_key('CPPFLAGS'):
++        if 'CPPFLAGS' in os.environ:
+             cpp = cpp + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
+             cflags = cflags + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']
+             ldshared = ldshared + ' ' + os.environ['CPPFLAGS']