diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pep8-naming/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pep8-naming/default.nix
index 9bfdbe89aab6..ce2b89ddb4f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pep8-naming/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pep8-naming/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , buildPythonPackage
 , flake8
 , flake8-polyfill
@@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     flake8-polyfill
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Add missing option to get passing tests, https://github.com/PyCQA/pep8-naming/pull/181
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "add-missing-option.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pep8-naming/commit/03b8f36f6a8bb8bc79dfa5a71ad9be2a0bf8bbf5.patch";
+      sha256 = "1YTh84Yoj0MqFZoifM362563r1GuzaF+mMmdT/ckC7I=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
     ${python.interpreter} run_tests.py