diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webrtcvad/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webrtcvad/default.nix
index b18d159fcdd4..1613d10047e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webrtcvad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webrtcvad/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-8b7S+yW2P7expV1kCQyZPJyRZ7KEha4Lzdgc9u3pauo=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # remove pkg_resources usage
+    # backport of https://github.com/wiseman/py-webrtcvad/pull/96
+    ./no-pkg-resources.patch
+  ];
+
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   # required WAV files for testing are not included in the tarball
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/webrtcvad/no-pkg-resources.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webrtcvad/no-pkg-resources.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e38ecbfcd9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/webrtcvad/no-pkg-resources.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/webrtcvad.py
++++ b/webrtcvad.py
+@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
+-import pkg_resources
++try:
++    # Python 3.8+
++    from importlib.metadata import version
++except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
++    # Backport for Python < 3.8
++    from importlib_metadata import version
+ 
+ import _webrtcvad
+ 
+ __author__ = "John Wiseman jjwiseman@gmail.com"
+ __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2016 John Wiseman"
+ __license__ = "MIT"
+-__version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('webrtcvad').version
++__version__ = version("webrtcvad")
+ 
+ 
+ class Vad(object):
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