diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/default.nix
index 4a8633c925a7..3a7e969c9a1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-blk4Oclb3+Cj3RH7BhzacfoPFDBIP/zgv4Ct7fawGnQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/ClearcodeHQ/mirakuru/pull/810
+    ./tmpdir.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ psutil ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/tmpdir.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/tmpdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2fd6fcfd2741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mirakuru/tmpdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- a/tests/executors/test_unixsocket_executor.py
++++ b/tests/executors/test_unixsocket_executor.py
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Some of these tests run ``nc``: when running Debian, make sure the
+ ``netcat-openbsd`` package is used, not ``netcat-traditional``.
+ """
+ 
++import os
+ import sys
+ 
+ import pytest
+@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ from mirakuru import TimeoutExpired
+ from mirakuru.unixsocket import UnixSocketExecutor
+ from tests import TEST_SOCKET_SERVER_PATH
+ 
+-SOCKET_PATH = "/tmp/mirakuru.sock"
++SOCKET_PATH = os.path.join(os.getenv("TMPDIR", "/tmp"), "mirakuru.sock")
+ 
+ SOCKET_SERVER_CMD = f"{sys.executable} {TEST_SOCKET_SERVER_PATH} {SOCKET_PATH}"
+