diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/package.py
index 4a41089737..238f6748ad 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/package.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class Clingo(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('python', type=("build", "link", "run"), when="+python")
     extends('python', when='+python')
 
+    patch('python38.patch', when="@5.3:5.4")
+
     def patch(self):
         # Doxygen is optional but can't be disabled with a -D, so patch
         # it out if it's really supposed to be disabled
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/python38.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/python38.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6593a57647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/python38.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/libpyclingo/pyclingo.cc b/libpyclingo/pyclingo.cc
+index 9480203..6a7068c 100644
+--- a/libpyclingo/pyclingo.cc
++++ b/libpyclingo/pyclingo.cc
+@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ PyTypeObject ObjectBase<T>::type = {
+     sizeof(T),                                  // tp_basicsize
+     0,                                          // tp_itemsize
+     PythonDetail::Get_tp_dealloc<T>::value,     // tp_dealloc
+-    nullptr,                                    // tp_print
++    0,                                          // tp_print
+     nullptr,                                    // tp_getattr
+     nullptr,                                    // tp_setattr
+     nullptr,                                    // tp_compare