diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
index b2715fbe7502..73920c1646b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebengine.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { qtModule
 , qtdeclarative, qtquickcontrols, qtlocation, qtwebchannel
+, fetchpatch
 
 , bison, flex, git, gperf, ninja, pkg-config, python, which
 , nodejs, perl
@@ -81,6 +82,21 @@ qtModule ({
     (
       cd src/3rdparty/chromium;
 
+      patch -p2 < ${
+        (fetchpatch { # support for building with python 3.12
+          name = "python312-imp.patch";
+          url = "https://codereview.qt-project.org/gitweb?p=qt/qtwebengine-chromium.git;a=patch;h=3664134f749f4851a14ab1953a9ee460a1fe0b68";
+          hash = "sha256-XY0dEdeuOTRMR7onmuNg1Axld8+pquKAzOfDAGSIzI4=";
+        })
+      }
+      patch -p1 < ${
+        (fetchpatch { # support for building with python 3.12
+          name = "python312-six.patch";
+          url = "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/qt5-webengine/-/raw/6b0c0e76e0934db2f84be40cb5978cee47266e78/python3.12-six.patch";
+          hash = "sha256-YgP9Sq5+zTC+U7+0hQjZokwb+fytk0UEIJztUXFhTkI=";
+        })
+      }
+
       # Manually fix unsupported shebangs
       substituteInPlace third_party/harfbuzz-ng/src/src/update-unicode-tables.make \
         --replace "/usr/bin/env -S make -f" "/usr/bin/make -f" || true