diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-mpi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-mpi/default.nix
index 6ee614d23a93..ea9ff170908c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-mpi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-mpi/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , dask
 , distributed
 , mpi4py
@@ -19,6 +20,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-CgTx19NaBs3/UGWTMw1EFOokLJFySYzhkfV0LqxJnhc=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/dask/dask-mpi/pull/123
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-versioneer-on-python312.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/dask/dask-mpi/pull/123/commits/0f3b0286b7e29b5d5475561a148dc398108fc259.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-xXADCSIhq1ARny2twzrhR1J8LkMFWFl6tmGxrM8RvkU=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     dask
     distributed