diff --git a/backports/py3-limits/APKBUILD b/backports/py3-limits/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13f5fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backports/py3-limits/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Contributor: lauren n. liberda <lauren@selfisekai.rocks>
+# Maintainer: lauren n. liberda <lauren@selfisekai.rocks>
+pkgname=py3-limits
+pkgver=3.6.0
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Rate limiting using various strategies and storage backends such as redis & memcached"
+url="https://github.com/alisaifee/limits"
+arch="noarch"
+license="MIT"
+depends="
+	py3-deprecated
+	python3
+	"
+makedepends="py3-setuptools"
+checkdepends="
+	py3-flaky
+	py3-mongo
+	py3-pytest
+	py3-pytest-asyncio
+	py3-pytest-benchmark
+	py3-pytest-cov
+	py3-pytest-lazy-fixture
+	py3-redis
+	"
+subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
+options="!check"	# most tests are integration with db connections, assume all connectors installed
+source="
+	https://github.com/alisaifee/limits/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver/limits-$pkgver.tar.gz
+
+	our-std-is-good-enough.patch
+	"
+builddir="$srcdir/limits-$pkgver"
+
+build() {
+	python3 setup.py build
+}
+
+check() {
+	pytest \
+		-m 'not benchmark and not etcd and not integration and not memcached' \
+		-k 'not aio and not Storage and not strategy' -v
+}
+
+package() {
+	python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root="$pkgdir"
+}
+
+sha512sums="
+30cb675c801c770d266363e8367d4a0b2a98ad3e98b1088d1ab11d697b3694cf5318089cacd250fb964c205bcd571158035388bf0c52f536d937cbbb39465b1e  limits-3.6.0.tar.gz
+8db0d96f860a07bbc554504a6e94b61546a6be22c0b9736c6b5aca628db9b618efc30609fce3702ee8e3812e1e34329c04d2f34bd69fdaecaa7c7fa0a2bde8a7  our-std-is-good-enough.patch
+"
diff --git a/backports/py3-limits/our-std-is-good-enough.patch b/backports/py3-limits/our-std-is-good-enough.patch
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/backports/py3-limits/our-std-is-good-enough.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- ./limits/util.py.orig
++++ ./limits/util.py
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+ from types import ModuleType
+ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
+ 
+-import importlib_resources
++from importlib import resources as importlib_resources
+ from packaging.version import Version
+ 
+ from limits.typing import Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
+--- ./limits/typing.py.orig
++++ ./limits/typing.py
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+     Union,
+ )
+ 
+-from typing_extensions import ClassVar, Counter, ParamSpec, Protocol
++from typing import ClassVar, Counter, ParamSpec, Protocol
+ 
+ Serializable = Union[int, str, float]
+