diff --git a/98437-sphinx.locale._-as-gettext-in-pyspecific.patch b/98437-sphinx.locale._-as-gettext-in-pyspecific.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..439b730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/98437-sphinx.locale._-as-gettext-in-pyspecific.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+From 5775f51691d7d64fb676586e008b41261ce64ac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Matt.Wang" <mattwang44@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:49:08 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(doc-tools): use sphinx.locale._ as gettext() for
+ backward-compatibility in pyspecific.py
+
+[why] spinix 5.3 changed locale.translators from a defaultdict(gettext.NullTranslations) to a dict, which leads to failure of pyspecific.py. Use sphinx.locale._ as gettext to fix the issue.
+---
+ Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py                                           |    8 ++++----
+ Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-10-19-07-15-52.gh-issue-98366.UskMXF.rst |    1 +
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
++++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ try:
+     from sphinx.errors import NoUri
+ except ImportError:
+     from sphinx.environment import NoUri
+-from sphinx.locale import translators
++from sphinx.locale import _ as sphinx_gettext
+ from sphinx.util import status_iterator, logging
+ from sphinx.util.nodes import split_explicit_title
+ from sphinx.writers.text import TextWriter, TextTranslator
+@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class ImplementationDetail(Directive):
+ 
+     def run(self):
+         pnode = nodes.compound(classes=['impl-detail'])
+-        label = translators['sphinx'].gettext(self.label_text)
++        label = sphinx_gettext(self.label_text)
+         content = self.content
+         add_text = nodes.strong(label, label)
+         if self.arguments:
+@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class AuditEvent(Directive):
+         else:
+             args = []
+ 
+-        label = translators['sphinx'].gettext(self._label[min(2, len(args))])
++        label = sphinx_gettext(self._label[min(2, len(args))])
+         text = label.format(name="``{}``".format(name),
+                             args=", ".join("``{}``".format(a) for a in args if a))
+ 
+@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class DeprecatedRemoved(Directive):
+         else:
+             label = self._removed_label
+ 
+-        label = translators['sphinx'].gettext(label)
++        label = sphinx_gettext(label)
+         text = label.format(deprecated=self.arguments[0], removed=self.arguments[1])
+         if len(self.arguments) == 3:
+             inodes, messages = self.state.inline_text(self.arguments[2],
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-10-19-07-15-52.gh-issue-98366.UskMXF.rst
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++Use sphinx.locale._ as the gettext function in pyspecific.py.
diff --git a/python38.changes b/python38.changes
index b87d9e3..a22abbf 100644
--- a/python38.changes
+++ b/python38.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct 21 10:14:03 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
+
+- Add 98437-sphinx.locale._-as-gettext-in-pyspecific.patch to
+  allow building of documentation with the latest Sphinx 5.3.0
+  (gh#python/cpython#98366).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 20 11:49:44 UTC 2022 - Daniel Garcia <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python38.spec b/python38.spec
index 48ba6a7..baeb2f4 100644
--- a/python38.spec
+++ b/python38.spec
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ Patch34:        bpo34990-2038-problem-compileall.patch
 Patch36:        support-expat-CVE-2022-25236-patched.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE platlibdir-in-sys.patch bsc#1204395
 Patch37:        platlibdir-in-sys.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM 98437-sphinx.locale._-as-gettext-in-pyspecific.patch gh#python/cpython#98366 mcepl@suse.com
+# this patch makes things totally awesome
+Patch38:        98437-sphinx.locale._-as-gettext-in-pyspecific.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf-archive
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -440,6 +443,7 @@ other applications.
 %patch34 -p1
 %patch36 -p1
 %patch37 -p1
+%patch38 -p1
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^AC_PREREQ/dnl AC_PREREQ/' configure.ac