diff --git a/app-backup/pika-backup/files/meson-fixes.patch b/app-backup/pika-backup/files/meson-fixes.patch
index 6657e06153..bb7a5cb587 100644
--- a/app-backup/pika-backup/files/meson-fixes.patch
+++ b/app-backup/pika-backup/files/meson-fixes.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/build-aux/meson-cargo-manifest.py b/build-aux/meson-cargo-manifest.py
+index 34028e2..3bf3376 100755
+--- a/build-aux/meson-cargo-manifest.py
++++ b/build-aux/meson-cargo-manifest.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/python3
++#!/usr/bin/env python3
+ 
+ try:
+     import tomllib
 diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 2f20ee8..95bd28e 100644
+index 932bdb2..8938862 100644
 --- a/meson.build
 +++ b/meson.build
-@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ meson.add_dist_script('build-aux/meson-dist-vendor.sh')
+@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ meson.add_dist_script('build-aux/meson-dist-vendor.sh')
  subdir('data')
  subdir('help')
  subdir('po')
diff --git a/app-backup/pika-backup/pika-backup-0.6.2.ebuild b/app-backup/pika-backup/pika-backup-0.6.2.ebuild
index 0e08114679..daf4fcefc8 100644
--- a/app-backup/pika-backup/pika-backup-0.6.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/pika-backup/pika-backup-0.6.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ CRATES="
 	zvariant_utils@1.0.0
 	zxcvbn@2.2.2
 "
-
-inherit cargo gnome2-utils meson xdg
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..12} )
+inherit cargo gnome2-utils meson python-any-r1 xdg
 
 DESCRIPTION="Keep your data safe"
 HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/pika-backup"
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-util/itstool
 	sys-devel/gettext
 "
@@ -332,6 +333,12 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/meson-fixes.patch"
 )
 
+# src_prepare() {
+# 	default
+# 	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
+# 	sed -e 's/python3/${EPYTHON}/' "${S}/build-aux/meson-cargo-manifest.py" || die
+# }
+
 src_compile() {
 	meson_src_compile
 	cargo_src_compile