diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/phpspy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phpspy/default.nix
index eb96160ea73c..63cd23efc8f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/phpspy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phpspy/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   gnugrep,
   binutils,
   makeBinaryWrapper,
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/adsr/phpspy/commit/8854e60ac38cfd2455d4a3d797f283eb3940cb7b.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-IMO9GV0Z8PDEAVhLevg5jGh/PHcbNq3f3fMGFaKoLL4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeBinaryWrapper
     php.unwrapped