diff --git a/community/blender/PKGBUILD b/community/blender/PKGBUILD
index ce11fff80..b8fec0fcd 100644
--- a/community/blender/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/blender/PKGBUILD
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _gittag=v2.80
 pkgname=blender
 pkgver=2.80
 [[ -n $_gitcommit ]] && pkgver=${pkgver}.git1.${_gitcommit:0:8}
-pkgrel=7
+pkgrel=8
 epoch=17
 pkgdesc="A fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ sha512sums=('SKIP'
 prepare() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
 
+  # Python 3.8 compatibility fixes
+  git cherry-pick -n a7cf7b114f 9dd5e3b6e8 e413b39a93
+
   git submodule init
   git config submodule."release/scripts/addons".url ${srcdir}/blender-addons
   git config submodule."release/scripts/addons_contrib".url ${srcdir}/blender-addons-contrib
@@ -73,10 +76,10 @@ build() {
     -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL=OFF \
     -DWITH_CYCLES=OFF \
     -DWITH_RAYOPTIMIZATION=OFF \
-    -DPYTHON_VERSION=3.7 \
+    -DPYTHON_VERSION=3.8 \
     -DPYTHON_LIBPATH=/usr/lib \
-    -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=python3.7m \
-    -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/python3.7m
+    -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=python3.8 \
+    -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/python3.8
 
   ninja
 }