diff --git a/graphics/py-matplotlib/Makefile b/graphics/py-matplotlib/Makefile
index 4f4ae8c6634..26d011c64b6 100644
--- a/graphics/py-matplotlib/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-matplotlib/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.41 2011/11/02 09:57:22 jasper Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.42 2012/02/28 23:01:23 rpointel Exp $
 
 VMEM_WARNING=	Yes
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ COMMENT=	Python charting and plotting API
 
 DISTNAME=	matplotlib-0.98.5.2
 PKGNAME=	py-${DISTNAME}
-REVISION=	10
+REVISION=	11
 CATEGORIES=	graphics devel math
 
 HOMEPAGE=	http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/graphics/py-matplotlib/patches/patch-setupext_py b/graphics/py-matplotlib/patches/patch-setupext_py
index 9a8de383f09..0fa40d134cf 100644
--- a/graphics/py-matplotlib/patches/patch-setupext_py
+++ b/graphics/py-matplotlib/patches/patch-setupext_py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-setupext_py,v 1.11 2011/07/20 15:13:20 naddy Exp $
---- setupext.py.orig	Thu Dec 18 21:34:22 2008
-+++ setupext.py	Wed Jul 20 08:55:48 2011
+$OpenBSD: patch-setupext_py,v 1.12 2012/02/28 23:01:23 rpointel Exp $
+--- setupext.py.orig	Fri Dec 19 05:34:22 2008
++++ setupext.py	Tue Feb 28 23:26:18 2012
 @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import re
  import subprocess
  
@@ -66,7 +66,22 @@ $OpenBSD: patch-setupext_py,v 1.11 2011/07/20 15:13:20 naddy Exp $
              if not find_include_file(module.include_dirs, "tk.h"):
                  message = 'Tkinter present, but header files are not found. ' + \
                            'You may need to install development packages.'
-@@ -1051,7 +1058,8 @@ so that setup can determine where your libraries are l
+@@ -794,8 +801,13 @@ def check_for_tk():
+                 gotit = False
+ 
+     if gotit:
++        try:
++            tk_v = Tkinter.__version__.split()[-2]
++        except (AttributeError, IndexError):
++            # Tkinter.__version__ has been removed in python 3
++            tk_v = 'version not identified'
+         print_status("Tkinter", "Tkinter: %s, Tk: %s, Tcl: %s" %
+-                     (Tkinter.__version__.split()[-2], Tkinter.TkVersion, Tkinter.TclVersion))
++                     (tk_v, Tkinter.TkVersion, Tkinter.TclVersion))
+     else:
+         print_status("Tkinter", "no")
+     if explanation is not None:
+@@ -1051,7 +1063,8 @@ so that setup can determine where your libraries are l
          tcl_lib, tcl_inc, tk_lib, tk_inc = result
          module.include_dirs.extend([tcl_inc, tk_inc])
          module.library_dirs.extend([tcl_lib, tk_lib])