diff --git a/gnu/packages/openbox.scm b/gnu/packages/openbox.scm
index 873592c19e..698c939a96 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/openbox.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/openbox.scm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages openbox)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages freedesktop)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ (define-public openbox
               (uri (string-append
                     "http://openbox.org/dist/openbox/" name "-"
                     version ".tar.xz"))
+              (patches (search-patches "openbox-python-3-compatibility.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
                 "0vg2y1qddsdxkjv806mzpvmkgzliab8ll4s7zm7ma5jnriamirxb"))))
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ (define-public openbox
                   libxrandr
                   libxft
                   pango
-                  python-2))
+                  python))
     (synopsis "Box style window manager")
     (description
      "Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/openbox-python-3-compatibility.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/openbox-python-3-compatibility.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e19bc86d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/openbox-python-3-compatibility.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+Make Openbox compatible with Python 3.
+
+Patch adapted from Gentoo:
+
+https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/patch/?id=31bad4f781f788ccf848500f8c17905ad32a2de9
+
+Openbox seems to be abandoned upstream, with no activity in their Git repo since
+2015:
+
+http://openbox.org/develop-git.php
+
+From 31bad4f781f788ccf848500f8c17905ad32a2de9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Hanno Böck <hanno@gentoo.org>
+Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:22:27 +0100
+Subject: x11-wm/openbox: Python 3 support.
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Use EAPI 7.
+Remove Python 2, change to python single package.
+
+Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/696042
+Signed-off-by: Hanno Böck <hanno@gentoo.org>
+Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.84, Repoman-2.3.20
+---
+ x11-wm/openbox/files/openbox-3.6.1-py3-xdg.patch | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++++
+ x11-wm/openbox/openbox-3.6.1-r2.ebuild           | 100 ++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 226 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 x11-wm/openbox/files/openbox-3.6.1-py3-xdg.patch
+ create mode 100644 x11-wm/openbox/openbox-3.6.1-r2.ebuild
+
+diff --git a/x11-wm/openbox/files/openbox-3.6.1-py3-xdg.patch b/x11-wm/openbox/files/openbox-3.6.1-py3-xdg.patch
+new file mode 100644
+index 00000000000..d28b536d64a
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/x11-wm/openbox/files/openbox-3.6.1-py3-xdg.patch
+@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
++diff --git a/data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart b/data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart
++index 04a17a199..f2c75bbdd 100755
++--- a/data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart
+++++ b/data/autostart/openbox-xdg-autostart
++@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
++ #   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
++ #   GNU General Public License for more details.
++ 
+++from __future__ import print_function
+++
++ ME="openbox-xdg-autostart"
++ VERSION="1.1"
++ 
++@@ -28,9 +30,9 @@ try:
++     from xdg.DesktopEntry import DesktopEntry
++     from xdg.Exceptions import ParsingError
++ except ImportError:
++-    print
++-    print >>sys.stderr, "ERROR:", ME, "requires PyXDG to be installed"
++-    print
+++    print()
+++    print("ERROR:", ME, "requires PyXDG to be installed", file=sys.stderr)
+++    print()
++     sys.exit(1)
++ 
++ def main(argv=sys.argv):
++@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ def main(argv=sys.argv):
++             try:
++                 autofile = AutostartFile(path)
++             except ParsingError:
++-                print "Invalid .desktop file: " + path
+++                print("Invalid .desktop file: " + path)
++             else:
++                 if not autofile in files:
++                     files.append(autofile)
++@@ -99,9 +101,9 @@ class AutostartFile:
++ 
++     def _alert(self, str, info=False):
++         if info:
++-            print "\t ", str
+++            print("\t ", str)
++         else:
++-            print "\t*", str
+++            print("\t*", str)
++ 
++     def _showInEnvironment(self, envs, verbose=False):
++         default = not self.de.getOnlyShowIn()
++@@ -146,14 +148,14 @@ class AutostartFile:
++ 
++     def display(self, envs):
++         if self._shouldRun(envs):
++-            print "[*] " + self.de.getName()
+++            print("[*] " + self.de.getName())
++         else:
++-            print "[ ] " + self.de.getName()
+++            print("[ ] " + self.de.getName())
++         self._alert("File: " + self.path, info=True)
++         if self.de.getExec():
++             self._alert("Executes: " + self.de.getExec(), info=True)
++         self._shouldRun(envs, True)
++-        print
+++        print()
++ 
++     def run(self, envs):
++         here = os.getcwd()
++@@ -165,34 +167,34 @@ class AutostartFile:
++         os.chdir(here)
++ 
++ def show_help():
++-    print "Usage:", ME, "[OPTION]... [ENVIRONMENT]..."
++-    print
++-    print "This tool will run xdg autostart .desktop files"
++-    print
++-    print "OPTIONS"
++-    print "  --list        Show a list of the files which would be run"
++-    print "                Files which would be run are marked with an asterix"
++-    print "                symbol [*].  For files which would not be run,"
++-    print "                information is given for why they are excluded"
++-    print "  --help        Show this help and exit"
++-    print "  --version     Show version and copyright information"
++-    print
++-    print "ENVIRONMENT specifies a list of environments for which to run autostart"
++-    print "applications.  If none are specified, only applications which do not "
++-    print "limit themselves to certain environments will be run."
++-    print
++-    print "ENVIRONMENT can be one or more of:"
++-    print "  GNOME         Gnome Desktop"
++-    print "  KDE           KDE Desktop"
++-    print "  ROX           ROX Desktop"
++-    print "  XFCE          XFCE Desktop"
++-    print "  Old           Legacy systems"
++-    print
+++    print("Usage:", ME, "[OPTION]... [ENVIRONMENT]...")
+++    print()
+++    print("This tool will run xdg autostart .desktop files")
+++    print()
+++    print("OPTIONS")
+++    print("  --list        Show a list of the files which would be run")
+++    print("                Files which would be run are marked with an asterix")
+++    print("                symbol [*].  For files which would not be run,")
+++    print("                information is given for why they are excluded")
+++    print("  --help        Show this help and exit")
+++    print("  --version     Show version and copyright information")
+++    print()
+++    print("ENVIRONMENT specifies a list of environments for which to run autostart")
+++    print("applications.  If none are specified, only applications which do not ")
+++    print("limit themselves to certain environments will be run.")
+++    print()
+++    print("ENVIRONMENT can be one or more of:")
+++    print("  GNOME         Gnome Desktop")
+++    print("  KDE           KDE Desktop")
+++    print("  ROX           ROX Desktop")
+++    print("  XFCE          XFCE Desktop")
+++    print("  Old           Legacy systems")
+++    print()
++ 
++ def show_version():
++-    print ME, VERSION
++-    print "Copyright (c) 2008        Dana Jansens"
++-    print
+++    print(ME, VERSION)
+++    print("Copyright (c) 2008        Dana Jansens")
+++    print()
++ 
++ if __name__ == "__main__":
++         sys.exit(main())
+#diff --git a/x11-wm/openbox/openbox-3.6.1-r2.ebuild b/x11-wm/openbox/openbox-3.6.1-r2.ebuild
+#new file mode 100644
+#index 00000000000..80c67975b17
+#--- /dev/null
+#+++ b/x11-wm/openbox/openbox-3.6.1-r2.ebuild
+#@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+#+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+#+
+#+EAPI=7
+#+
+#+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
+#+inherit multilib autotools python-single-r1 eutils
+#+
+#+DESCRIPTION="A standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible window manager"
+#+HOMEPAGE="http://openbox.org/"
+#+if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
+#+	inherit git-r3
+#+	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.openbox.org/dana/openbox"
+#+	SRC_URI="branding? (
+#+	https://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang/distfiles/surreal-gentoo.tar.gz )"
+#+else
+#+	SRC_URI="http://openbox.org/dist/openbox/${P}.tar.gz
+#+	branding? ( https://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang/distfiles/surreal-gentoo.tar.gz )"
+#+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-linux"
+#+fi
+#+
+#+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+#+SLOT="3"
+#+IUSE="branding debug imlib nls session startup-notification static-libs svg xdg"
+#+REQUIRED_USE="xdg? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+#+
+#+RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
+#+	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.0
+#+	>=media-libs/fontconfig-2
+#+	x11-libs/cairo
+#+	x11-libs/libXau
+#+	x11-libs/libXcursor
+#+	x11-libs/libXext
+#+	x11-libs/libXft
+#+	x11-libs/libXinerama
+#+	x11-libs/libXrandr
+#+	x11-libs/libXt
+#+	>=x11-libs/pango-1.8[X]
+#+	imlib? ( media-libs/imlib2 )
+#+	startup-notification? ( >=x11-libs/startup-notification-0.8 )
+#+	svg? ( gnome-base/librsvg:2 )
+#+	xdg? (
+#+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+#+		dev-python/pyxdg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+#+	)
+#+	"
+#+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+#+	sys-devel/gettext
+#+	virtual/pkgconfig
+#+	x11-base/xorg-proto"
+#+
+#+PATCHES=(
+#+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.5.2-gnome-session.patch"
+#+	# see https://github.com/danakj/openbox/pull/35
+#+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.6.1-py3-xdg.patch"
+#+)
+#+
+#+src_prepare() {
+#+	default
+#+	sed -i \
+#+		-e "s:-O0 -ggdb ::" \
+#+		-e 's/-fno-strict-aliasing//' \
+#+		"${S}"/m4/openbox.m4 || die
+#+	eautoreconf
+#+}
+#+
+#+src_configure() {
+#+	econf \
+#+		--docdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
+#+		$(use_enable debug) \
+#+		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
+#+		$(use_enable nls) \
+#+		$(use_enable imlib imlib2) \
+#+		$(use_enable svg librsvg) \
+#+		$(use_enable startup-notification) \
+#+		$(use_enable session session-management) \
+#+		--with-x
+#+}
+#+
+#+src_install() {
+#+	dodir /etc/X11/Sessions
+#+	echo "/usr/bin/openbox-session" > "${ED}/etc/X11/Sessions/${PN}"
+#+	fperms a+x /etc/X11/Sessions/${PN}
+#+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
+#+	if use branding; then
+#+		insinto /usr/share/themes
+#+		doins -r "${WORKDIR}"/Surreal_Gentoo
+#+		# make it the default theme
+#+		sed -i \
+#+			-e "/<theme>/{n; s@<name>.*</name>@<name>Surreal_Gentoo</name>@}" \
+#+			"${D}"/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml \
+#+			|| die "failed to set Surreal Gentoo as the default theme"
+#+	fi
+#+	use static-libs || find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete
+#+	if use xdg ; then
+#+		python_fix_shebang "${ED}"/usr/libexec/openbox-xdg-autostart
+#+	else
+#+		rm "${ED}"/usr/libexec/openbox-xdg-autostart || die
+#+	fi
+#+}
+#-- 
+#cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258
+#
