diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/knx-frontend/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/knx-frontend/default.nix
index ff8b8f587ce4..47b9fa4d8357 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/knx-frontend/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/knx-frontend/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
+, fetchpatch
 , fetchPypi
 , setuptools
+, wheel
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -16,8 +18,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-MeurZ6731qjeBK6HTwXYLVs6+nXF9Hf1p8/NNwxmae4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/XKNX/knx-frontend/pull/96
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "relax-setuptools-dependency.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/XKNX/knx-frontend/commit/72ac6dc42eeeb488992b0709ee58ea4a79287817.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-EpfgEq4pIx7ahqJZalzo30ruj8NlZYHcKHxFXCGL98w=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     setuptools
+    wheel
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [