diff --git a/lang/python/python3-maxminddb/Makefile b/lang/python/python3-maxminddb/Makefile
index 00d3340e2..20270ee46 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3-maxminddb/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3-maxminddb/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=maxminddb
 PKG_VERSION:=1.4.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/m/maxminddb/
diff --git a/lang/python/python3-maxminddb/patches/001-Stop-using-deprecated-Feature-from-setuptools.patch b/lang/python/python3-maxminddb/patches/001-Stop-using-deprecated-Feature-from-setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96e17aa6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python3-maxminddb/patches/001-Stop-using-deprecated-Feature-from-setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Adapted from 3aac426[1] to account for a difference in formatting.
+
+[1]: https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-python/commit/3aac426e354f91814f6fd0829baee137b0bb093f
+
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from distutils.command.build_ext import
+ from distutils.errors import (CCompilerError, DistutilsExecError,
+                               DistutilsPlatformError)
+ 
+-from setuptools import setup, Extension, Feature
++from setuptools import setup, Extension
+ 
+ cmdclass = {}
+ PYPY = hasattr(sys, 'pypy_version_info')
+@@ -107,16 +107,7 @@ def find_packages(location):
+ def run_setup(with_cext):
+     kwargs = {}
+     if with_cext:
+-        if Feature:
+-            kwargs['features'] = {
+-                'extension':
+-                Feature(
+-                    "optional C implementation",
+-                    standard=True,
+-                    ext_modules=ext_module)
+-            }
+-        else:
+-            kwargs['ext_modules'] = ext_module
++        kwargs['ext_modules'] = ext_module
+ 
+     setup(
+         name='maxminddb',