diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xsdata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xsdata/default.nix
index 6ad48ac12364..d3d06d407493 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xsdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xsdata/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , click
 , click-default-group
 , docformatter
@@ -25,6 +26,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-o9Xxt7b/+MkW94Jcg26ihaTn0/OpTcu+0OY7oV3JRGY=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/tefra/xsdata/pull/741
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "use-docformatter-1.5.1.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/tefra/xsdata/commit/040692db47e6e51028fd959c793e757858c392d7.patch";
+      excludes = [ "setup.cfg" ];
+      hash = "sha256-ncecMJLJUiUb4lB8ys+nyiGU/UmayK++o89h3sAwREQ=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
       --replace "--benchmark-skip" ""