diff --git a/packages/borgbackup/build.sh b/packages/borgbackup/build.sh
index 7e7b39c64b..867e02fe0a 100644
--- a/packages/borgbackup/build.sh
+++ b/packages/borgbackup/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Deduplicating and compressing backup program"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 3-Clause"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.1.17
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/download/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/borgbackup-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=7ab924fc017b24929bedceba0dcce16d56f9868bf9b5050d2aae2eb080671674
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libacl, liblz4, openssl, python, zstd"
diff --git a/packages/borgbackup/use-distutils.patch b/packages/borgbackup/use-distutils.patch
index 06560c689a..d8684e9e8e 100644
--- a/packages/borgbackup/use-distutils.patch
+++ b/packages/borgbackup/use-distutils.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+From a90b4d665e6145f7d10535ec77510ba7f04f7515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Leonid Pliushch <leonid.pliushch@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:11:32 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Termux borgbackup: use distutils instead of packaging
+
 Do not remove this patch unless you know what you are doing!
 
 We don't have module "packaging" packaged and thus cannot use it without
@@ -8,9 +13,14 @@ So if you decide to drop this patch:
 * Add python3-packaging to termux-packages.
 * Alternatively: create a postinst deb script (pip3 install packaging)
   and move borgbackup to https://github.com/termux/unstable-packages
+---
+ setup.py             | 21 +++++++--------------
+ src/borg/__init__.py |  5 ++---
+ src/borg/xattr.py    |  6 +++---
+ 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 7ad8f814..5a642fff 100644
+index 7ad8f814..526757ed 100644
 --- a/setup.py
 +++ b/setup.py
 @@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
@@ -24,7 +34,15 @@ index 7ad8f814..5a642fff 100644
  
  try:
      from Cython.Build import cythonize
-@@ -137,16 +138,9 @@ def rm(file):
+@@ -70,7 +71,6 @@
+     # Please note:
+     # using any other version is not supported by borg development and
+     # any feedback related to issues caused by this will be ignored.
+-    'packaging',
+ ]
+ 
+ # note for package maintainers: if you package borgbackup for distribution,
+@@ -137,16 +137,9 @@ def rm(file):
          pass
  
  
@@ -43,7 +61,7 @@ index 7ad8f814..5a642fff 100644
          for source in cython_sources:
              genc = source.replace('.pyx', '.c')
              rm(genc)
-@@ -160,7 +154,7 @@ def run(self):
+@@ -160,7 +153,7 @@ def run(self):
      'build_usage': setup_docs.build_usage,
      'build_man': setup_docs.build_man,
      'sdist': Sdist,
@@ -52,7 +70,7 @@ index 7ad8f814..5a642fff 100644
  }
  
  ext_modules = []
-@@ -227,8 +221,8 @@ def members_appended(*ds):
+@@ -227,8 +220,8 @@ def members_appended(*ds):
  
      # sometimes there's no need to cythonize
      # this breaks chained commands like 'clean sdist'
@@ -63,3 +81,49 @@ index 7ad8f814..5a642fff 100644
  
      if cythonize and cythonizing:
          cython_opts = dict(
+diff --git a/src/borg/__init__.py b/src/borg/__init__.py
+index 9f13c7d6..47adb1b6 100644
+--- a/src/borg/__init__.py
++++ b/src/borg/__init__.py
+@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
+-from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
++from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+ 
+ # IMPORTANT keep imports from borg here to a minimum because our testsuite depends on
+ # being able to import borg.constants and then monkey patching borg.constants.PBKDF2_ITERATIONS
+ from ._version import version as __version__
+ 
+ 
+-_v = parse_version(__version__)
+-__version_tuple__ = _v._version.release
++__version_tuple__ = tuple(LooseVersion(__version__).version[:3])
+ 
+ # assert that all semver components are integers
+ # this is mainly to show errors when people repackage poorly
+diff --git a/src/borg/xattr.py b/src/borg/xattr.py
+index a2039ebb..dd412edd 100644
+--- a/src/borg/xattr.py
++++ b/src/borg/xattr.py
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+ import sys
+ import tempfile
+ 
+-from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
++from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+ 
+ from .helpers import prepare_subprocess_env
+ 
+@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
+         if preload.startswith("libfakeroot"):
+             env = prepare_subprocess_env(system=True)
+             fakeroot_output = subprocess.check_output(['fakeroot', '-v'], env=env)
+-            fakeroot_version = parse_version(fakeroot_output.decode('ascii').split()[-1])
+-            if fakeroot_version >= parse_version("1.20.2"):
++            fakeroot_version = LooseVersion(fakeroot_output.decode('ascii').split()[-1])
++            if fakeroot_version >= LooseVersion("1.20.2"):
+                 # 1.20.2 has been confirmed to have xattr support
+                 # 1.18.2 has been confirmed not to have xattr support
+                 # Versions in-between are unknown
+-- 
+2.30.2
+