diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imageio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imageio/default.nix
index 8ce623caad31..aad60795f8cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imageio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imageio/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   isPyPy,
+  fetchpatch2,
 
   # build-system
   setuptools,
@@ -24,9 +25,10 @@
   tifffile,
 
   # tests
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  gitMinimal,
   fsspec,
+  gitMinimal,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -52,6 +54,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-/nxJxZrTYX7F2grafIWwx9SyfR47ZXyaUwPHMEOdKkI=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      # https://github.com/imageio/imageio/issues/1139
+      # https://github.com/imageio/imageio/pull/1144
+      name = "fix-pyav-13-1-compat";
+      url = "https://github.com/imageio/imageio/commit/eadfc5906f5c2c3731f56a582536dbc763c3a7a9.patch";
+      excludes = [
+        "setup.py"
+      ];
+      hash = "sha256-xBYdhK6XmJJuChqXOIdRVf8X6/GpWLG+21+cPVZ4bVg=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
     substituteInPlace tests/test_core.py \
       --replace-fail 'ctypes.util.find_library("GL")' '"${libgl}"'
@@ -90,15 +105,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     gitMinimal
     psutil
     pytestCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ]
   ++ fsspec.optional-dependencies.github
   ++ lib.flatten (builtins.attrValues optional-dependencies);
 
   pytestFlags = [ "--test-images=file://${test_images}" ];
 
-  # These should have had `needs_internet` mark applied but don't so far.
-  # See https://github.com/imageio/imageio/pull/1142
   disabledTests = [
+    # These should have had `needs_internet` mark applied but don't so far.
+    # See https://github.com/imageio/imageio/pull/1142
     "test_read_stream"
     "test_uri_reading"
     "test_trim_filter"
@@ -111,7 +127,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   preCheck = ''
     export IMAGEIO_USERDIR=$(mktemp -d)
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
   '';
 
   meta = {