diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/levenshtein/cython-3.2-compat.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/levenshtein/cython-3.2-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f57095760350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/levenshtein/cython-3.2-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt
+index 721f7a7..f6159ed 100644
+--- a/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function(create_cython_target _name)
+       MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
+       VERBATIM
+       COMMAND
+-        Python::Interpreter -m cython "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
++        Python::Interpreter -m cython --cplus "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
+         --output-file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_name}.cxx")
+ 
+     set(${_name}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/levenshtein/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/levenshtein/default.nix
index a365bcf924a6..a9bba86076d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/levenshtein/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/levenshtein/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-iKWS7gm0t3yPgeX5N09cTa3N1C6GXvIALueO8DlfLfE=";
   };
 
+  # https://github.com/rapidfuzz/Levenshtein/pull/84
+  patches = [ ./cython-3.2-compat.patch ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
       --replace-fail "Cython>=3.1.6,<3.2.0" Cython