diff --git a/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk b/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
index a248d60313..2f188c7101 100644
--- a/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/qemu/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="qemu"
-PKG_VERSION="8.0.3"
-PKG_SHA256="ecf4d32cbef9d397bfc8cc50e4d1e92a1b30253bf32e8ee73c7a8dcf9a232b09"
+PKG_VERSION="8.1.0"
+PKG_SHA256="710c101198e334d4762eef65f649bc43fa8a5dd75303554b8acfec3eb25f0e55"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.qemu.org"
 PKG_URL="https://download.qemu.org/qemu-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/packages/tools/qemu/patches/python.patch b/packages/tools/qemu/patches/python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f09d08e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/qemu/patches/python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/configure	2023-07-27 09:58:05.337334830 +0000
++++ b/configure	2023-07-27 09:57:58.300630393 +0000
+@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@
+     mkvenv_flags="--online"
+ fi
+ 
++ln -s ${source_path}/../../toolchain/bin/meson pyvenv/bin/meson
++
+ if ! $mkvenv ensure \
+      $mkvenv_flags \
+      --dir "${source_path}/python/wheels" \