diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix
index e47cbef20291..4cce1653ace1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/marisa-trie/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # https://github.com/pytries/marisa-trie/issues/132
+    substituteInPlace tests/test_binary_trie.py tests/test_trie.py \
+      --replace-fail MARISA_FORMAT_ERROR std::runtime_error
+  '';
+
   build-system = [
     cython
     setuptools