diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/bumblebee-status/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/bumblebee-status/default.nix
index 634667218148..99b5b203ee2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/bumblebee-status/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/bumblebee-status/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , lib
 , glibcLocales
 , python
+, fetchpatch
 , fetchFromGitHub
   # Usage: bumblebee-status.override { plugins = p: [p.arandr p.bluetooth2]; };
 , plugins ? p: [ ]
@@ -29,6 +30,15 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonPackage {
     hash = "sha256-+RCg2XZv0AJnexi7vnQhEXB1qSoKBN1yKWm3etdys1s=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix build with Python 3.12
+    # https://github.com/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status/pull/1019
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status/commit/2fe8f1ff1444daf155b18318005f33a76a5d64b4.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-BC1cgQDMJkhuEgq8NJ28521CHbEfqIMueHkFXXlZz2w=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = lib.concatMap (p: p.buildInputs or [ ]) selectedPlugins;
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.concatMap (p: p.propagatedBuildInputs or [ ]) selectedPlugins;