diff -Nru sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/changelog sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/changelog
--- sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/changelog	2019-01-28 20:00:29.000000000 -0300
+++ sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/changelog	2020-07-02 12:49:21.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+sshuttle (0.78.5-1ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/p/lp1873368.patch: Backport patch to make sshuttle compatible with
+    python-3.8 (LP: #1873368)
+  * d/control: drop python-pytest-cov from the build dependencies since its
+    source package dropped python2 support.
+
+ -- Felipe Reyes <felipe.reyes@canonical.com>  Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:49:21 -0400
+
 sshuttle (0.78.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Ondřej Nový ]
diff -Nru sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/control sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/control
--- sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/control	2019-01-28 19:57:51.000000000 -0300
+++ sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/control	2020-07-02 12:49:21.000000000 -0400
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: Brian May <bam@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-python,
     python3-all, python3-setuptools, python3-pytest, python3-mock,
-    python-pytest-runner, python-pytest-cov,
+    python-pytest-runner,
     python3-sphinx (>= 1.0.7+dfsg-1~), python3-setuptools-scm,
     python3-pytest-runner, python3-pytest-cov
 Standards-Version: 4.0.0
diff -Nru sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/patches/lp1873368.patch sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/patches/lp1873368.patch
--- sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/patches/lp1873368.patch	1969-12-31 21:00:00.000000000 -0300
+++ sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/patches/lp1873368.patch	2020-07-02 12:49:02.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+From 9c873579348e3308123d1bf2a917b0c2f82b9dae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Brian May <brian@linuxpenguins.xyz>
+Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 07:55:38 +1000
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix Python 3.8 file operations
+
+Under Python 3.8 we can not wrap a File in a Sock.
+
+Note this currently requires Python >= 3.5
+---
+ sshuttle/client.py |  2 +-
+ sshuttle/server.py |  5 +----
+ sshuttle/ssnet.py  | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
+ 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/sshuttle/client.py
++++ b/sshuttle/client.py
+@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
+             raise Fatal("failed to establish ssh session (1)")
+         else:
+             raise
+-    mux = Mux(serversock, serversock)
++    mux = Mux(serversock.makefile("rb"), serversock.makefile("wb"))
+     handlers.append(mux)
+ 
+     expected = b'SSHUTTLE0001'
+--- a/sshuttle/server.py
++++ b/sshuttle/server.py
+@@ -295,10 +295,7 @@
+     sys.stdout.flush()
+ 
+     handlers = []
+-    mux = Mux(socket.fromfd(sys.stdin.fileno(),
+-                            socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM),
+-              socket.fromfd(sys.stdout.fileno(),
+-                            socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM))
++    mux = Mux(sys.stdin, sys.stdout)
+     handlers.append(mux)
+ 
+     debug1('auto-nets:' + str(auto_nets) + '\n')
+--- a/sshuttle/ssnet.py
++++ b/sshuttle/ssnet.py
+@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@
+ 
+ class Mux(Handler):
+ 
+-    def __init__(self, rsock, wsock):
+-        Handler.__init__(self, [rsock, wsock])
+-        self.rsock = rsock
+-        self.wsock = wsock
++    def __init__(self, rfile, wfile):
++        Handler.__init__(self, [rfile, wfile])
++        self.rfile = rfile
++        self.wfile = wfile
+         self.new_channel = self.got_dns_req = self.got_routes = None
+         self.got_udp_open = self.got_udp_data = self.got_udp_close = None
+         self.got_host_req = self.got_host_list = None
+@@ -434,9 +434,9 @@
+                 callback(cmd, data)
+ 
+     def flush(self):
+-        self.wsock.setblocking(False)
++        os.set_blocking(self.wfile.fileno(), False)
+         if self.outbuf and self.outbuf[0]:
+-            wrote = _nb_clean(os.write, self.wsock.fileno(), self.outbuf[0])
++            wrote = _nb_clean(os.write, self.wfile.fileno(), self.outbuf[0])
+             debug2('mux wrote: %r/%d\n' % (wrote, len(self.outbuf[0])))
+             if wrote:
+                 self.outbuf[0] = self.outbuf[0][wrote:]
+@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@
+             self.outbuf[0:1] = []
+ 
+     def fill(self):
+-        self.rsock.setblocking(False)
++        os.set_blocking(self.rfile.fileno(), False)
+         try:
+-            read = _nb_clean(os.read, self.rsock.fileno(), 32768)
++            read = _nb_clean(os.read, self.rfile.fileno(), 32768)
+         except OSError:
+             _, e = sys.exc_info()[:2]
+             raise Fatal('other end: %r' % e)
+@@ -476,22 +476,22 @@
+                 break
+ 
+     def pre_select(self, r, w, x):
+-        _add(r, self.rsock)
++        _add(r, self.rfile)
+         if self.outbuf:
+-            _add(w, self.wsock)
++            _add(w, self.wfile)
+ 
+     def callback(self, sock):
+-        (r, w, _) = select.select([self.rsock], [self.wsock], [], 0)
+-        if self.rsock in r:
++        (r, w, _) = select.select([self.rfile], [self.wfile], [], 0)
++        if self.rfile in r:
+             self.handle()
+-        if self.outbuf and self.wsock in w:
++        if self.outbuf and self.wfile in w:
+             self.flush()
+ 
+ 
+ class MuxWrapper(SockWrapper):
+ 
+     def __init__(self, mux, channel):
+-        SockWrapper.__init__(self, mux.rsock, mux.wsock)
++        SockWrapper.__init__(self, mux.rfile, mux.wfile)
+         self.mux = mux
+         self.channel = channel
+         self.mux.channels[channel] = self.got_packet
diff -Nru sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/patches/series sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/patches/series
--- sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/patches/series	1969-12-31 21:00:00.000000000 -0300
+++ sshuttle-0.78.5/debian/patches/series	2020-07-02 12:46:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lp1873368.patch