diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ahocorasick-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ahocorasick-rs/default.nix
index 63c849e3537b..2f81eb4ccc4d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ahocorasick-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ahocorasick-rs/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  pythonOlder,
   fetchPypi,
   rustPlatform,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pyahocorasick,
   hypothesis,
+  typing-extensions,
   pytest-benchmark,
 }:
 
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     cargoSetupHook
   ];
 
+  dependencies = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.12") [ typing-extensions ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytest-benchmark
     pytestCheckHook