diff --git a/www/py-aioh2/Makefile b/www/py-aioh2/Makefile
index dcf1ce40304d..23c495a4da46 100644
--- a/www/py-aioh2/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-aioh2/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 # Created by: Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	aioh2
 PORTVERSION=	0.2.2
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	HTTP/2 implementation with hyper-h2 on Python 3 asyncio
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h2>=3:www/py-h2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+xRUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h2>=3:www/py-h2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}priority>=1.3.0:www/py-priority@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.4+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-aioh2/files/patch-aioh2-helper.py b/www/py-aioh2/files/patch-aioh2-helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1df8af12a2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-aioh2/files/patch-aioh2-helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- aioh2/helper.py.orig	2018-02-05 02:31:19 UTC
++++ aioh2/helper.py
+@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ if hasattr(socket, 'AF_UNIX'):
+ if hasattr(asyncio, 'ensure_future'):  # Python >= 3.5
+     async_task = asyncio.ensure_future
+ else:
+-    async_task = asyncio.async
++    async_task = getattr(asyncio, "async")
diff --git a/www/py-aioh2/files/patch-aioh2-protocol.py b/www/py-aioh2/files/patch-aioh2-protocol.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1bad65b74c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-aioh2/files/patch-aioh2-protocol.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- aioh2/protocol.py.orig	2017-12-03 09:08:55 UTC
++++ aioh2/protocol.py
+@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class H2Protocol(asyncio.Protocol):
+         if self._handler:
+             raise Exception('Handler was already set')
+         if handler:
+-            self._handler = asyncio.async(handler, loop=self._loop)
++            self._handler = async_task(handler, loop=self._loop)
+ 
+     def close_connection(self):
+         self._transport.close()