diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fire/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fire/default.nix
index f17bc7923f8b..1055bada787e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fire/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fire/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , six
 , hypothesis
 , mock
@@ -24,6 +25,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-cwY1RRNtpAn6LnBASQLTNf4XXSPnfhOa1WgglGEM2/s=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/google/python-fire/pull/440
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "remove-asyncio-coroutine.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/google/python-fire/pull/440/commits/30b775a7b36ce7fbc04656c7eec4809f99d3e178.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-GDAAlvZKbJl3OhajsEO0SZvWIXcPDi3eNKKVgbwSNKk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     six
     termcolor