diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/awslambdaric/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/awslambdaric/default.nix
index 1826291da502..2ccba6995ade 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/awslambdaric/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/awslambdaric/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPy27, pytestCheckHook, autoconf
-, automake, cmake, gcc, libtool, perl, simplejson }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, isPy27
+, pytestCheckHook
+, autoconf
+, automake
+, cmake
+, gcc
+, libtool
+, perl
+, simplejson
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "awslambdaric";
@@ -13,6 +25,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1r4b4w5xhf6p4vs7yx89kighlqim9f96v2ryknmrnmblgr4kg0h1";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-python-runtime-interface-client/pull/58
+      url = "https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-python-runtime-interface-client/commit/162c3c0051bb9daa92e4a2a4af7e90aea60ee405.patch";
+      sha256 = "09qqq5x6npc9jw2qbhzifqn5sqiby4smiin1aw30psmlp21fv7j8";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace requirements/base.txt \
       --replace 'simplejson==3' 'simplejson~=3'