diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/esphome/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/esphome/default.nix
index 69adff94d325..4d93a592d501 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/esphome/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/esphome/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ with python.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-RG5wTWEpBEC4zTGJ7XTmnjnhSVAllqXjcr3qYbmhqP4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # Fix ESPHOME_USE_SUBPROCESS usage in the ESP32 post build script
+      # https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/3246
+      url = "https://github.com/esphome/esphome/commit/dcd3f42eda5828c42feadbaa04b703c63899be54.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-rF1YHRRHVHfoRs492zmIOmRGPUzxx3s673UVx5UJ3+M=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     # remove all version pinning (E.g tornado==5.1.1 -> tornado)
     sed -i -e "s/==[0-9.]*//" requirements.txt