diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix
index 43fdeb62c572..df7746784847 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  replaceVars,
+  marisa-cpp,
   cython,
   setuptools,
   pytestCheckHook,
@@ -23,22 +25,27 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-OifECOKu/APg8dJbL/KvuFqsNWj2+iripTtXouh84p0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (replaceVars ./unvendor-marisa.patch {
+      marisa = lib.getDev marisa-cpp;
+    })
+  ];
+
   build-system = [
     cython
     setuptools
   ];
 
+  buildInputs = [
+    marisa-cpp
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     readme-renderer
     hypothesis
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "hypothesis==" "hypothesis>="
-  '';
-
   preBuild = ''
     ./update_cpp.sh
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/unvendor-marisa.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/unvendor-marisa.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26ac8156a06b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/unvendor-marisa.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index c0c5c03..6373a2a 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -71,15 +71,6 @@ setup(
+     license=LICENSE,
+     url="https://github.com/pytries/marisa-trie",
+     classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
+-    libraries=[
+-        (
+-            "libmarisa-trie",
+-            {
+-                "sources": MARISA_FILES,
+-                "include_dirs": [MARISA_SOURCE_DIR, MARISA_INCLUDE_DIR],
+-            },
+-        )
+-    ],
+     ext_modules=[
+         Extension(
+             "marisa_trie",
+@@ -94,7 +85,8 @@ setup(
+                 "src/std_iostream.cpp",
+                 "src/trie.cpp",
+             ],
+-            include_dirs=[MARISA_INCLUDE_DIR],
++            include_dirs=["@marisa@/include"],
++            libraries=["marisa"],
+         )
+     ],
+     python_requires=">=3.8",
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index db00c2c12939..d4d60bb0f41f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8539,7 +8539,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   marisa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marisa { inherit (pkgs) marisa; };
 
-  marisa-trie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marisa-trie { };
+  marisa-trie = callPackage ../development/python-modules/marisa-trie {
+    marisa-cpp = pkgs.marisa;
+  };
 
   markdown = callPackage ../development/python-modules/markdown { };