diff --git a/dev-python/pygame/files/pygame-2.1.2-libsdl2-2.26-tests.patch b/dev-python/pygame/files/pygame-2.1.2-libsdl2-2.26-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e231d1bf6d85f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pygame/files/pygame-2.1.2-libsdl2-2.26-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+https://github.com/pygame/pygame/commit/420c1a7341
+From: Starbuck5 <46412508+Starbuck5@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 21:17:32 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Adjust surface masks to create a proper 24 bit Surface
+
+The SDL 2.26.0 pre-release rejects a 24 bit Surface created with this mask, which is the right call, as it needs 32 bits of space. Older SDL went ahead and created a 32 bit surface anyway, which it probably shouldn't have.
+--- a/test/surface_test.py
++++ b/test/surface_test.py
+@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ def test_get_losses(self):
+             mask8 = (224, 28, 3, 0)
+             mask15 = (31744, 992, 31, 0)
+             mask16 = (63488, 2016, 31, 0)
+-            mask24 = (4278190080, 16711680, 65280, 0)
++            mask24 = (16711680, 65280, 255, 0)
+             mask32 = (4278190080, 16711680, 65280, 255)
+ 
+             # Surfaces with standard depths and masks
diff --git a/dev-python/pygame/pygame-2.1.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pygame/pygame-2.1.2-r1.ebuild
index bf858b684edbb..c7b3c066375a7 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygame/pygame-2.1.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pygame/pygame-2.1.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 		sys-apps/util-linux
 	)"
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-libsdl2-2.26-tests.patch
+)
+
 src_prepare() {
 	if ! use midi; then
 		rm test/midi_test.py || die