diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nextcloudmonitor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nextcloudmonitor/default.nix
index 4c2aecad1430..86de7cd55eab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nextcloudmonitor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nextcloudmonitor/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
+  setuptools,
   requests,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nextcloudmonitor";
   version = "1.5.2";
-
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "meichthys";
@@ -18,7 +19,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-9iohznUmDusNY7iJZBcv9yn2wp3X5cS8n3Fbj/G1u0g=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests ];
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      # https://github.com/meichthys/nextcloud_monitor/pull/10
+      url = "https://github.com/meichthys/nextcloud_monitor/commit/cf6191d148e0494de5ae3cbe8fc5ffdba71b6c21.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-BSTX5dw+k+ItT6qvpjLiDsH9rW1NmkaBeGO9TlNZZis=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
+  dependencies = [ requests ];
 
   # no tests implemented
   doCheck = false;