diff --git a/srcpkgs/paraview/patches/cmake-py39.patch b/srcpkgs/paraview/patches/cmake-py39.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b309d596c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/paraview/patches/cmake-py39.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- VTK/CMake/patches/99/FindPython/Support.cmake.orig	2020-10-08 00:54:51.788984364 -0400
++++ VTK/CMake/patches/99/FindPython/Support.cmake	2020-10-08 00:54:56.640977251 -0400
+@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
+   message (FATAL_ERROR "FindPython: INTERNAL ERROR")
+ endif()
+ if (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REQUIRED_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 3)
+-  set(_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSIONS 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0)
++  set(_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSIONS 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0)
+ elseif (_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_REQUIRED_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 2)
+   set(_${_PYTHON_PREFIX}_VERSIONS 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0)
+ else()
diff --git a/srcpkgs/paraview/template b/srcpkgs/paraview/template
index d5155e81827..20a7f558967 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/paraview/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/paraview/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'paraview'
 pkgname=paraview
 version=5.8.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc=ParaView-v${version}
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ configure_args="-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
  -DVTKm_ENABLE_RENDERING=ON
  -DVTKm_USE_DOUBLE_PRECISION=ON"
 #make_build_args="VERBOSE=1"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config which"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config which python3"
 # TODO: find some way of making this work with system vtk
 makedepends="MesaLib-devel libfreeglut-devel glu-devel libXt-devel
  openmpi-devel qt5-devel qt5-x11extras-devel qt5-tools-devel qt5-plugin-mysql
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export QT_SELECT="5"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libexecinfo-devel"
-	LDFLAGS="-lexecinfo"
+	configure_args+=" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES=-lexecinfo"
 fi
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
@@ -70,25 +70,6 @@ pre_configure() {
 	fi
 }
 
-_add_execinfo() {
-	# contents of link.txt files need to be in a single line
-	local content="$(cat $1) -lexecinfo "
-	echo "$content" > $1
-}
-
-pre_build() {
-	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
-		# TODO: -lexecinfo in LDFLAGS adds it to the start of the file, so linking still fails.
-		# there's probably some configure_arg that actually makes it work cleanly, I hope.
-		# this list of files hasn't been extensively tested. It's possible not all of them are required.
-		_add_execinfo build/VTK/Rendering/LICOpenGL2/CMakeFiles/RenderingLICOpenGL2.dir/link.txt
-		_add_execinfo build/VTK/Rendering/OpenGL2/CMakeFiles/vtkProbeOpenGLVersion.dir/link.txt
-		_add_execinfo build/VTK/ThirdParty/loguru/vtkloguru/CMakeFiles/loguru.dir/link.txt
-		_add_execinfo build/VTK/Common/Core/CMakeFiles/CommonCore.dir/link.txt
-		_add_execinfo build/VTKExtensions/Core/CMakeFiles/VTKExtensionsCore.dir/link.txt
-	fi
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense Copyright.txt
 }