diff --git a/twisted/plugins/sat_plugin.py b/twisted/plugins/sat_plugin.py
index 707ab829..06e863bc 100644
--- a/twisted/plugins/sat_plugin.py
+++ b/twisted/plugins/sat_plugin.py
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ from twisted.application.service import IServiceMaker
 from sat.core.constants import Const as C
 from sat.core.i18n import _
 
+# patch for Python 3.8 compatibility
+from sat_tmp.twisted import install as install_twisted_patches
+
+
+install_twisted_patches()
+
 
 def initialise(options):
     """Method to initialise global modules"""