diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-yara/patches/use-system-yara.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-yara/patches/use-system-yara.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89b36bd567c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-yara/patches/use-system-yara.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2019-05-02 17:34:46.000000000 +0800
++++ setup.py	2019-05-07 08:20:20.841022106 +0800
+@@ -325,5 +325,5 @@
+         'update': UpdateCommand},
+     ext_modules=[Extension(
+         name='yara',
+-        include_dirs=['yara/libyara/include', 'yara/libyara/', '.'],
++        libraries = ['yara'],
+         sources=['yara-python.c'])])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-yara/template b/srcpkgs/python3-yara/template
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+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-yara/template
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-yara'
+pkgname=python3-yara
+version=3.10.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="yara-python-${version}"
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+makedepends="yara-devel python3-devel"
+depends="python3"
+short_desc="Python3 interface for YARA"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="http://virustotal.github.io/yara/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-python/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=14ae284b3963eaaea280895647cce9860e3c97d747edb5b9269c78710ee21c2b