diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/archinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/archinfo/default.nix
index 8c2746e5cff7..69b854298d9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/archinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/archinfo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, backports-strenum
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , pytestCheckHook
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "archinfo";
   version = "9.2.72";
-  format = "pyproject";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     setuptools
   ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.11") [
+    backports-strenum
+  ];
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
   ];