diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-timeout-decorator/patches/89-support_python_3.14.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-timeout-decorator/patches/89-support_python_3.14.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a2957a41088977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-timeout-decorator/patches/89-support_python_3.14.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 55468a8a53dea55815dac5262661d038ace9a134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org>
+Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:27:41 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Use pre-python3.14 fork method for multiprocessing.Process
+
+This keeps the old behavior of multiprocessing module and avoids
+testsuite failures when using Python 3.14 or later Python versions.
+
+This patch closes #88.
+---
+ timeout_decorator/timeout_decorator.py | 7 ++++---
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/timeout_decorator/timeout_decorator.py b/timeout_decorator/timeout_decorator.py
+index 42b6686..2263170 100644
+--- a/timeout_decorator/timeout_decorator.py
++++ b/timeout_decorator/timeout_decorator.py
+@@ -140,9 +140,10 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+         self.__limit = kwargs.pop('timeout', self.__limit)
+         self.__queue = multiprocessing.Queue(1)
+         args = (self.__queue, self.__function) + args
+-        self.__process = multiprocessing.Process(target=_target,
+-                                                 args=args,
+-                                                 kwargs=kwargs)
++        ctx = multiprocessing.get_context('fork')
++        self.__process = ctx.Process(target=_target,
++                                     args=args,
++                                     kwargs=kwargs)
+         self.__process.daemon = True
+         self.__process.start()
+         if self.__limit is not None:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-timeout-decorator/template b/srcpkgs/python3-timeout-decorator/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3d852d8c02df46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-timeout-decorator/template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Template file for 'python3-timeout-decorator'
+pkgname=python3-timeout-decorator
+version=0.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-pep517
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest"
+short_desc="Timeout decorator"
+maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/pnpnpn/timeout-decorator"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnpnpn/timeout-decorator/refs/heads/master/CHANGES.rst"
+# pypi sdist does not include tests
+distfiles="https://github.com/pnpnpn/timeout-decorator/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=52a66174888dea9be4a225e683e86cedd286bd5b7def51dd57e86eadc2182c6e
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+}