diff --git a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils.hpp b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6642b9dfc402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- src/rapidfuzz/utils.hpp.orig	2024-08-06 20:55:30 UTC
++++ src/rapidfuzz/utils.hpp
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+ #include <cwctype>
+ #include <limits>
+ #include <stdint.h>
+-#include <string>
++#include <vector>
+ 
+ uint32_t UnicodeDefaultProcess(uint32_t ch);
+ 
+@@ -80,11 +80,9 @@ template <typename CharT>
+ }
+ 
+ template <typename CharT>
+-std::basic_string<CharT> default_process(std::basic_string<CharT> s)
++std::vector<CharT> default_process(std::vector<CharT> str)
+ {
+-    std::basic_string<CharT> str(s);
+-
+-    int64_t len = default_process(&str[0], str.size());
++    int64_t len = default_process(str.data(), str.size());
+     str.resize(len);
+     return str;
+ }
diff --git a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils__cpp.hpp b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils__cpp.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7289a739904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils__cpp.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- src/rapidfuzz/utils_cpp.hpp.orig	2024-08-06 20:55:30 UTC
++++ src/rapidfuzz/utils_cpp.hpp
+@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ static inline PyObject* default_process_impl(PyObject*
+     switch (c_sentence.kind) {
+     case RF_UINT8:
+     {
+-        auto proc_str = default_process(
+-            std::basic_string<uint8_t>(static_cast<uint8_t*>(c_sentence.data), c_sentence.length));
++        auto data = static_cast<uint8_t*>(c_sentence.data);
++        auto proc_str = default_process(std::vector<uint8_t>(data, data + c_sentence.length));
+         return PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND, proc_str.data(), (Py_ssize_t)proc_str.size());
+     }
+     case RF_UINT16:
+     {
+-        auto proc_str = default_process(
+-            std::basic_string<uint16_t>(static_cast<uint16_t*>(c_sentence.data), c_sentence.length));
++        auto data = static_cast<uint16_t*>(c_sentence.data);
++        auto proc_str = default_process(std::vector<uint16_t>(data, data + c_sentence.length));
+         return PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_2BYTE_KIND, proc_str.data(), (Py_ssize_t)proc_str.size());
+     }
+     case RF_UINT32:
+     {
+-        auto proc_str = default_process(
+-            std::basic_string<uint32_t>(static_cast<uint32_t*>(c_sentence.data), c_sentence.length));
++        auto data = static_cast<uint32_t*>(c_sentence.data);
++        auto proc_str = default_process(std::vector<uint32_t>(data, data + c_sentence.length));
+         return PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_4BYTE_KIND, proc_str.data(), (Py_ssize_t)proc_str.size());
+     }
+     // ToDo: for now do not process these elements should be done in some way in the future