diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorboardx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorboardx/default.nix
index 732d97946fff..36992eace585 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorboardx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tensorboardx/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { boto3
 , buildPythonPackage
 , crc32c
-, which
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , lib
 , matplotlib
 , moto
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 , torch
 , six
 , soundfile
+, stdenv
 , tensorboard
 , torchvision
+, which
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -29,12 +31,33 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-Np0Ibn51qL0ORwq1IY8lUle05MQDdb5XkI1uzGOKJno=";
   };
 
-  # apparently torch API changed a bit at 1.6
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace tensorboardX/pytorch_graph.py --replace \
-      "torch.onnx.set_training(model, False)" \
-      "torch.onnx.select_model_mode_for_export(model, torch.onnx.TrainingMode.EVAL)"
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-test-multiprocess-fork-on-darwin.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/lanpa/tensorboardX/commit/246a867237ff12893351b9275a1e297ee2861319.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-ObUaIi1gFcGZAvDOEtZFd9TjZZUp3k89tYwmDQ5yOWg=";
+    })
+    # https://github.com/lanpa/tensorboardX/pull/706
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-test-use-matplotlib-agg-backend.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/lanpa/tensorboardX/commit/751821c7af7f7f2cb724938e36fa04e814c0e4de.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-Tu76ZRTh8fGj+/CzpqJO65hKrDFASbmzoLVIZ0kyLQA=";
+    })
+    # https://github.com/lanpa/tensorboardX/pull/707
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-test-handle-numpy-float128-missing.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/lanpa/tensorboardX/commit/38f57ffc3b3dd91e76b13ec97404278065fbc782.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-5Po41lHiO5hKi4ZtWR98/wwDe9HKZdADNTv40mgIEvk=";
+    })
+    # https://github.com/lanpa/tensorboardX/pull/708
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-test-respect-tmpdir.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/lanpa/tensorboardX/commit/b0191d1cfb8a23def76e465d20fd59302c894f32.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-6rSncJ16P1u70Cz9nObo8lMD7Go50BR3DZLgP4bODk4=";
+    })
+  ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
     # Version detection seems broken here, the version reported by python is
     # newer than the protobuf package itself.
     sed -i -e "s/'protobuf[^']*'/'protobuf'/" setup.py
@@ -71,6 +94,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_TorchVis"
     # Requires network access (FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'wget')
     "test_onnx_graph"
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    # Fails with a mysterious error in pytorch:
+    # RuntimeError: required keyword attribute 'name' has the wrong type
+    "test_pytorch_graph"
   ];
 
   disabledTestPaths = [