diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/streamlink/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/streamlink/package.nix
index 70ca89507d66..ec665ae01763 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/streamlink/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/streamlink/package.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   extras ? [
     "decompress"
   ],
+  fetchpatch2,
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     (replaceVars ./ffmpeg-path.patch {
       ffmpeg = lib.getExe ffmpeg;
     })
+    # remove when bumping to >8.4.0
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "fix-read-timeout-test.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/commit/a1875a2c85cef47ddf6b1375c3651d52c8e799a1.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-9C4NedVyuk0ed3JvpKtvxei3Wo+r4SPlQXbBpoRXZ4k=";
+    })
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [