diff --git a/srcpkgs/aubio/patches/python3.11.patch b/srcpkgs/aubio/patches/python3.11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db434af6cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/aubio/patches/python3.11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+U is included by default and deprecated since 3.3 and an error since 3.11
+
+--- a/waflib/ConfigSet.py
++++ b/waflib/ConfigSet.py
+@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class ConfigSet(object):
+ 		Utils.writef(filename,''.join(buf))
+ 	def load(self,filename):
+ 		tbl=self.table
+-		code=Utils.readf(filename,m='rU')
++		code=Utils.readf(filename,m='r')
+ 		for m in re_imp.finditer(code):
+ 			g=m.group
+ 			tbl[g(2)]=eval(g(3))
+--- a/waflib/Context.py
++++ b/waflib/Context.py
+@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Context(ctx):
+ 				cache[node]=True
+ 				self.pre_recurse(node)
+ 				try:
+-					function_code=node.read('rU',encoding)
++					function_code=node.read('r',encoding)
+ 					exec(compile(function_code,node.abspath(),'exec'),self.exec_dict)
+ 				finally:
+ 					self.post_recurse(node)
+@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def load_module(path,encoding=None):
+ 		pass
+ 	module=imp.new_module(WSCRIPT_FILE)
+ 	try:
+-		code=Utils.readf(path,m='rU',encoding=encoding)
++		code=Utils.readf(path,m='r',encoding=encoding)
+ 	except EnvironmentError:
+ 		raise Errors.WafError('Could not read the file %r'%path)
+ 	module_dir=os.path.dirname(path)