diff --git a/SOURCES/README.md b/SOURCES/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39949a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# python-Pallets-Sphinx-Themes
+
+The python-Pallets-Sphinx-Themes package
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SOURCES/importlib_metadata_py38.patch b/SOURCES/importlib_metadata_py38.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e4ddb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/importlib_metadata_py38.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
+index 10fdda8..20ba0d7 100644
+--- a/setup.cfg
++++ b/setup.cfg
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ package_dir =
+ include_package_data = true
+ python_requires = >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*
+ install_requires = 
+-	importlib-metadata
++	importlib-metadata;python_version<"3.8"
+ 	packaging
+ 	Sphinx
+ 
+diff --git a/src/pallets_sphinx_themes/__init__.py b/src/pallets_sphinx_themes/__init__.py
+index d16359e..9a3bbd5 100644
+--- a/src/pallets_sphinx_themes/__init__.py
++++ b/src/pallets_sphinx_themes/__init__.py
+@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import sys
+ import textwrap
+ from collections import namedtuple
+ 
+-import importlib_metadata
++if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
++    from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata
++else:
++    import importlib_metadata
++
+ from sphinx.builders._epub_base import EpubBuilder
+ from sphinx.errors import ExtensionError
+