diff --git a/dev-python/uharfbuzz/files/uharfbuzz-0.23.0-system-harfbuzz.patch b/dev-python/uharfbuzz/files/uharfbuzz-0.23.0-system-harfbuzz.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08b9f65495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/uharfbuzz/files/uharfbuzz-0.23.0-system-harfbuzz.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
+ with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+     long_description = f.read()
+ 
+-define_macros = [('HB_NO_MT', '1'), ('HB_EXPERIMENTAL_API', '1')]
++define_macros = [('HB_EXPERIMENTAL_API', '1')]
+ linetrace = False
+ if int(os.environ.get('CYTHON_LINETRACE', '0')):
+     linetrace = True
+@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@
+ extension = Extension(
+     'uharfbuzz._harfbuzz',
+     define_macros=define_macros,
+-    include_dirs=['harfbuzz/src'],
++    include_dirs=['/usr/include/harfbuzz'],
+     sources=[
+-        'src/uharfbuzz/_harfbuzz.pyx',
+-        'harfbuzz/src/harfbuzz.cc',
+-        'harfbuzz/src/hb-subset-repacker.cc',
++        'src/uharfbuzz/_harfbuzz.pyx'
+     ],
+     language='c++',
+     libraries=libraries,
diff --git a/dev-python/uharfbuzz/uharfbuzz-0.23.0.ebuild b/dev-python/uharfbuzz/uharfbuzz-0.23.0.ebuild
index 90c61b3470..878a481100 100644
--- a/dev-python/uharfbuzz/uharfbuzz-0.23.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/uharfbuzz/uharfbuzz-0.23.0.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/wheel-0.31[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.18.0-system-harfbuzz.patch" )
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-system-harfbuzz.patch" )
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest