diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libplacebo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libplacebo/package.nix
index 6960879bdc8a..9ec11a30a720 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libplacebo/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libplacebo/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitLab,
+  fetchpatch,
   meson,
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
@@ -31,6 +32,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-ccoEFpp6tOFdrfMyE0JNKKMAdN4Q95tP7j7vzUj+lSQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "python-compat.patch";
+      url = "https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libplacebo/-/commit/12509c0f1ee8c22ae163017f0a5e7b8a9d983a17.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-RrlFu0xgLB05IVrzL2EViTPuATYXraM1KZMxnZCvgrk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja