diff --git a/community/salt/APKBUILD b/community/salt/APKBUILD
index 4ef5111a3c23..9a2781f9c53c 100644
--- a/community/salt/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/salt/APKBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Kevin Daudt <kdaudt@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=salt
 pkgver=3004
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="parallel remote execution system"
 url="https://github.com/saltstack/salt"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ source="https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/salt/salt-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	salt-syndic.confd
 	salt-syndic.initd
 	fix-cryptodome-dependency.patch
+	fix-python3.10-importlib_metadata.patch
 	"
 options="!check" # depends on pytestsalt
 
@@ -172,4 +173,5 @@ cfbbeb8023a383e7c42d84e3346edfd068c9ec7650c4ddc3caa38534da325a67497e1f06ca02cc1f
 bafc6ea10cdafd0aef868feb35aecbe4ae6a7dff0ae42862bded85715ad763eb89e1ed27437866a7e5f2b9f7064e3c2a3fb59814487744ba4227238d95cf3818  salt-syndic.confd
 d71133e834685304e0167554035ebbc861252f972bbe981cc71e45b70f15d94a28a02a369463c9a641372919689f96b62a0408b14f824ad986d536e52b1e5ec0  salt-syndic.initd
 7df577b4a7befc6a37644cbe3e909df29f626f9ccc84d05245c5d2b6a4daeb3ad6bb95b9b3a82de70d50ddc27d15956b016c44c8ad9f878c760d388da86cacbe  fix-cryptodome-dependency.patch
+7f32ac9e1fc6a85817f4a99c59b594678a691f9e533ce5dbe9f9edb53471d38f2e7b8c72a9ed0ce09d84bd413639df9e51dc6bd501f7b1622d392839ac8f46a5  fix-python3.10-importlib_metadata.patch
 "
diff --git a/community/salt/fix-python3.10-importlib_metadata.patch b/community/salt/fix-python3.10-importlib_metadata.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73c427e479ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/salt/fix-python3.10-importlib_metadata.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+--- a/salt/_compat.py
++++ b/salt/_compat.py
+@@ -11,19 +11,23 @@
+ else:
+     import salt.ext.ipaddress as ipaddress
+ 
++if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
++    # Python 3.10 will include a fix in importlib.metadata which allows us to
++    # get the distribution of a loaded entry-point
++    import importlib.metadata  # pylint: disable=no-member,no-name-in-module
++else:
++    # importlib_metadata before version 3.3.0 does not include the functionality we need.
++    try:
++        import importlib_metadata
+ 
+-# importlib_metadata before version 3.3.0 does not include the functionality we need.
+-try:
+-    import importlib_metadata
+-
+-    importlib_metadata_version = [
+-        int(part)
+-        for part in importlib_metadata.version("importlib_metadata").split(".")
+-        if part.isdigit()
+-    ]
+-    if tuple(importlib_metadata_version) < (3, 3, 0):
++        importlib_metadata_version = [
++            int(part)
++            for part in importlib_metadata.version("importlib_metadata").split(".")
++            if part.isdigit()
++        ]
++        if tuple(importlib_metadata_version) < (3, 3, 0):
++            # Use the vendored importlib_metadata
++            import salt.ext.importlib_metadata as importlib_metadata
++    except ImportError:
+         # Use the vendored importlib_metadata
+         import salt.ext.importlib_metadata as importlib_metadata
+-except ImportError:
+-    # Use the vendored importlib_metadata
+-    import salt.ext.importlib_metadata as importlib_metadata