diff --git a/dev-python/desktop-notifier/Manifest b/dev-python/desktop-notifier/Manifest
index e034c365f4..89a4a1ecaa 100644
--- a/dev-python/desktop-notifier/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/desktop-notifier/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST desktop-notifier-3.5.4.tar.gz 29763 BLAKE2B 0fdac4d6a52a54720fef43050d9374c6c57c05f270d2ff8adcbf9e8df4b059c10e9820bbf3f00406b7698deaa0b5d353c1c78b937eab7107d24008939809c08f SHA512 bc7f5bd3048489e646f34b8397aa97988ca839424675369157094f84439f9616e4463aee79912f2a74c810b98d0ceed699920748e6af2ef2debd2cd25c039944
+DIST desktop-notifier-3.5.5.tar.gz 29785 BLAKE2B e2da1e2300cc36317da7ed079366488f94de829d55a4cded0f63f74f6f14563231128468a6234f060179e3af15677e6cbe8d1f270d271e96823a46d1009ff01b SHA512 b5cc42fda55719adf7afaae4addc24e5d21638e5b389f9c52c47d7b0daf2b1ed80c989a90d1f53e57edc320cac4af8d46d3dcdee30c499ed6717698af3f1b8e3
diff --git a/dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.5.4.ebuild b/dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.5.5.ebuild
similarity index 92%
rename from dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.5.4.ebuild
rename to dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.5.5.ebuild
index 5c85e6498d..bc9b4ccfdd 100644
--- a/dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.5.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.5.5.ebuild
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ RDEPEND="
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-python/build[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-importlib-resources.patch )
diff --git a/dev-python/desktop-notifier/files/desktop-notifier-3.5.5-importlib-resources.patch b/dev-python/desktop-notifier/files/desktop-notifier-3.5.5-importlib-resources.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9780c19d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/desktop-notifier/files/desktop-notifier-3.5.5-importlib-resources.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+dev-python/importlib-resources has been removed from Gentoo for python > 3.9
+
+See also https://github.com/samschott/desktop-notifier/issues/92
+
+--- a/src/desktop_notifier/base.py
++++ b/src/desktop_notifier/base.py
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
+     Sequence,
+ )
+ 
+-from importlib_resources import files, as_file
++from importlib.resources import files, as_file
+ 
+ 
+ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)