diff --git a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-ugly/Makefile b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-ugly/Makefile
index 0d9347381..fb0eaaaff 100644
--- a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-ugly/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-ugly/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gst1-plugins-ugly
-PKG_VERSION:=1.17.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.17.2
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=gst-plugins-ugly-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-ugly
-PKG_HASH:=a5e564107120b5b27c48709c5dfdb266737def5b3eb7aaabaddd304d425d8f21
+PKG_HASH:=af32ea2ca43e6e3199c0b3f71942838bbf5e08c15f69f26db5d81a8ea85a88ad
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/gst-plugins-ugly-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org> \
diff --git a/multimedia/gst1-plugins-ugly/patches/010-distutils.patch b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-ugly/patches/010-distutils.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1460bb3d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/gst1-plugins-ugly/patches/010-distutils.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
+   plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir = disabler()
+ endif
+ 
+-python3 = import('python').find_installation()
++python3 = 'python3'
+ subdir('gst')
+ subdir('ext')
+ subdir('tests')