diff --git a/backports/py3-wxpython/APKBUILD b/backports/py3-wxpython/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a4dbdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backports/py3-wxpython/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Maintainer: Marian Buschsieweke <marian.buschsieweke@ovgu.de>
+# Contributor: Marian Buschsieweke <marian.buschsieweke@ovgu.de>
+_pkgname=wxPython
+pkgname=py3-wxpython
+pkgver=4.2.0
+pkgrel=4
+pkgdesc="Cross-platform GUI toolkit for the Python language"
+url="https://wxpython.org/"
+arch="all"
+license="custom:wxWidgets"
+depends="
+	python3
+	py3-numpy
+	py3-pillow
+	py3-six
+	"
+makedepends="
+	py3-setuptools
+	py3-sip
+	python3-dev
+	wxwidgets-dev
+	"
+checkdepends="py3-pytest py3-pytest-xdist xvfb-run"
+subpackages="$pkgname-doc $pkgname-lang $pkgname-pyc"
+source="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/w/wxPython/wxPython-$pkgver.tar.gz
+	no-attrdict.patch
+	no-stacktrace.patch
+	"
+builddir="$srcdir"/$_pkgname-$pkgver
+# Not all unit tests are passing. Some due to missing features of xvfb where the
+# tests are running in (GL, display settings). Some are checking features that
+# have not been provided in this package. Disabling failing unit tests to track
+# regressions would be nice, but I do not have the time for that now
+options="!check !spdx"
+
+build() {
+	export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -flto=auto"
+	python3 build.py build --use_syswx --release -j${JOBS:-1}
+}
+
+check() {
+	xvfb-run -a pytest
+}
+
+package() {
+	python3 build.py install --destdir="$pkgdir"
+	install -Dm 644 LICENSE.txt "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE.txt
+	find "$pkgdir"/usr/lib -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+}
+
+lang() {
+	pkgdesc="translations for $pkgname"
+	install_if="lang $pkgname=$pkgver-r$pkgrel"
+
+	amove usr/lib/python3*/site-packages/wx/locale
+}
+
+sha512sums="
+9ec937a024efb2916403c84382a66004f0c2bb07471246b7de517778309ce459e929eeb59e261f538d3fa077c950628de62e49a3760fbd03ab9ff2114c6f354f  wxPython-4.2.0.tar.gz
+ac7004cf6280242af3e6265d69ac909f7c1fcd37d9da625704f1e0ea23be76821cd259c48bf589380b6e84f9fdfc28d6372dfb155188a48a49e3361731e7461f  no-attrdict.patch
+ebd45621684603ca5e481d2a32e9ddf7de8dcd8c9f49745bd1e8509f6c118361d59d092032a541d56cbbe69f00f307dd507d511b425f14c733379e1f4b627719  no-stacktrace.patch
+"
diff --git a/backports/py3-wxpython/no-attrdict.patch b/backports/py3-wxpython/no-attrdict.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d61aff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backports/py3-wxpython/no-attrdict.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+this is a very abandoned python module, easier to just patch in this
+diff --git a/buildtools/config.py b/buildtools/config.py
+index 20a2fd9d..fa16befd 100644
+--- a/buildtools/config.py
++++ b/buildtools/config.py
+@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ from distutils.dep_util  import newer
+ 
+ import distutils.sysconfig
+ 
+-from attrdict import AttrDict
++class AttrDict(dict):
++    def __getattr__(self, attr):
++        return self[attr]
++    def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
++        self[attr] = value
+ 
+ runSilently = False
+ 
diff --git a/backports/py3-wxpython/no-stacktrace.patch b/backports/py3-wxpython/no-stacktrace.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef76158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backports/py3-wxpython/no-stacktrace.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+we have no stacktraces in wxwidgets
+--- a/sip/cpp/sip_corewxAppTraits.cpp
++++ b/sip/cpp/sip_corewxAppTraits.cpp
+@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
+             PyErr_Clear();
+ 
+             Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+-            sipRes = new  ::wxString((sipSelfWasArg ? sipCpp-> ::wxAppTraits::GetAssertStackTrace() : sipCpp->GetAssertStackTrace()));
++            sipRes = new  ::wxString("");
+             Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+ 
+             if (PyErr_Occurred())