diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontforge/template b/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
index 1da02103d4..524f7f9f26 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ checksum="e4501de5bd8e7f6c68fe7d3abd4667bf44a07b981d342ffa00e8f42e155ce633
  1bf9c7eb8835e6ed94e62cb49f1141bc046c562849e52e6c3c7f1d7cfc95c7b3"
 
 pre_configure() {
+	# Fix linking to python 3.8
+	vsed -e 's|python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"|python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"-embed|g' -i m4/fontforge_arg_enable.m4
 	./bootstrap
 }