diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-misc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-misc/default.nix
index a9393cb48781..c49ffd7bce5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-misc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-misc/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , cython
 , gfortran
 , git
@@ -24,6 +25,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-XV3s+y3JdMr1770S91ek6Y7MqvTg7/2cphLQldUPe5s=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # check for openblas64 pkg-config
+    # remove when patch merged upstream
+    # https://github.com/has2k1/scikit-misc/pull/29
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "openblas64-pkg-config.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/has2k1/scikit-misc/commit/6a140de18e5e1276c7aa08bf0a047b1023aa9ae4.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-HzKiRISOvoDIUIcgiYVvxhx9klwyfAh/1DDKq7inl+A=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .