diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/alectryon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/alectryon/default.nix
index 30ae647b0510..f10a0f03e07d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/alectryon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/alectryon/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pygments, dominate, beautifulsoup4, docutils, sphinx }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fetchpatch
+, pygments, dominate, beautifulsoup4, docutils, sphinx }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "alectryon";
@@ -10,6 +11,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256:0mca25jv917myb4n91ccpl5fz058aiqsn8cniflwfw5pp6lqnfg7";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/cpitclaudel/alectryon/commit/c779def3fa268e703d4e0ff8ae0b2981e194b269.patch";
+      sha256 = "0xsz56ibq8xj7gg530pfm1jmxbxw4r6v8xvzj5k1wdry83srqi65";
+     })
+   ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pygments
     dominate