diff --git a/Ports/python3/patches/0007-Backport-gh-126688-Reinit-import-lock-after-fork.patch b/Ports/python3/patches/0007-Backport-gh-126688-Reinit-import-lock-after-fork.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fd78d1988e979b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ports/python3/patches/0007-Backport-gh-126688-Reinit-import-lock-after-fork.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Oskar Skog <oskar@oskog97.com>
+Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:07:10 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Backport gh-126688: Reinit import lock after fork
+
+https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/126765
+This PR will be included in some future version of Python,
+it is needed for `os.fork` to work on SerenityOS.
+
+Authored-By: Sam Gross <colesbury@gmail.com>
+---
+ Include/internal/pycore_import.h | 1 +
+ Modules/posixmodule.c            | 1 +
+ Python/import.c                  | 7 +++++++
+ 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_import.h b/Include/internal/pycore_import.h
+index 3806e0d3cd0a95bd9ddc6557212ded290772cc32..55029abdd31b5a479f16a048d402c44c2d7affca 100644
+--- a/Include/internal/pycore_import.h
++++ b/Include/internal/pycore_import.h
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern int _PyImport_SetModuleString(const char *name, PyObject* module);
+ 
+ extern void _PyImport_AcquireLock(PyInterpreterState *interp);
+ extern void _PyImport_ReleaseLock(PyInterpreterState *interp);
++extern void _PyImport_ReInitLock(PyInterpreterState *interp);
+ 
+ // This is used exclusively for the sys and builtins modules:
+ extern int _PyImport_FixupBuiltin(
+diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
+index 51e34b5f4b74fc1d7a7ea405fb797d0dd390e4f4..15dca2d4fa04ce88a87d361c12d33ba01e3e6e7d 100644
+--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
++++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
+@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ PyOS_AfterFork_Child(void)
+     _PyEval_StartTheWorldAll(&_PyRuntime);
+     _PyThreadState_DeleteList(list);
+ 
++    _PyImport_ReInitLock(tstate->interp);
+     _PyImport_ReleaseLock(tstate->interp);
+ 
+     _PySignal_AfterFork();
+diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
+index 2ec596828e3e6fab5253f58ee14081907c49eff6..125ee439a20a20d8918778500c5c7e6ce554368a 100644
+--- a/Python/import.c
++++ b/Python/import.c
+@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ _PyImport_ReleaseLock(PyInterpreterState *interp)
+     _PyRecursiveMutex_Unlock(&IMPORT_LOCK(interp));
+ }
+ 
++void
++_PyImport_ReInitLock(PyInterpreterState *interp)
++{
++    // gh-126688: Thread id may change after fork() on some operating systems.
++    IMPORT_LOCK(interp).thread = PyThread_get_thread_ident_ex();
++}
++
+ 
+ /***************/
+ /* sys.modules */
diff --git a/Ports/python3/patches/ReadMe.md b/Ports/python3/patches/ReadMe.md
index 3bf626cfe33f36..20c6b99ddc34be 100644
--- a/Ports/python3/patches/ReadMe.md
+++ b/Ports/python3/patches/ReadMe.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ As usual, make the `configure` script recognize Serenity. Also set
 `MACHDEP` (which is used for `sys.platform`) to a version-less
 `serenityos`, even when not cross-compiling.
 
+
 ## `0003-Include-sys-uio.h-in-socketmodule.c.patch`
 
 Include `sys/uio.h` in `socketmodule.c`
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ unknown.
 
 Don't include `sys/syscall.h` in mimalloc
 
+
 ## `0006-Force-disable-pyrepl.patch`
 
 Force-disable pyrepl
@@ -42,3 +44,13 @@ We are lacking termios support for this leading to a non-functional
 modern REPL. Force-disable it in the source instead of requiring users
 to set PYTHON_BASIC_REPL=1 to work around the issue.
 
+## `0007-Backport-gh-126688-Reinit-import-lock-after-fork.patch`
+
+Backport gh-126688: Reinit import lock after fork
+
+https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/126765
+This PR will be included in some future version of Python,
+it is needed for `os.fork` to work on SerenityOS.
+
+Authored-By: Sam Gross <colesbury@gmail.com>
+