diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/batteries/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/batteries/default.nix
index 707c855b4944..6e30c7f50d09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/batteries/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/batteries/default.nix
@@ -3,20 +3,19 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   buildDunePackage,
   ocaml,
+  fetchpatch,
   ounit,
   qtest,
   qcheck,
   num,
   camlp-streams,
-  doCheck ? lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.08",
+  doCheck ? true,
 }:
 
 buildDunePackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "batteries";
   version = "3.10.0";
 
-  minimalOCamlVersion = "4.05";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ocaml-batteries-team";
     repo = "batteries-included";
@@ -24,6 +23,11 @@ buildDunePackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-cD0O4kEDE58yCYnUuS83O1CJNHJuCGVhvKJSKQeQGkc=";
   };
 
+  patches = lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "5.5") (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/ocaml-batteries-team/batteries-included/commit/f6e091266599aea93c8a94115cf08f50e88c5dd0.patch";
+    hash = "sha256-6CUcq24x4fnumduK4BJ5cVQ5DHPbVLyLUxl57q2JVtw=";
+  });
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [ qtest ];
   checkInputs = [
     ounit