diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/default.nix
index 0c6ce83a5796..034c0a226288 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/default.nix
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--no-suite" "fprintd:TestPamFprintd"
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Skip flaky test "test_removal_during_enroll"
+    # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/issues/129
+    ./skip-test-test_removal_during_enroll.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs \
       po/check-translations.sh \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/skip-test-test_removal_during_enroll.patch b/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/skip-test-test_removal_during_enroll.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49a43f38bd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/fprintd/skip-test-test_removal_during_enroll.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/tests/fprintd.py b/tests/fprintd.py
+index 370d7bb..4e4d78c 100644
+--- a/tests/fprintd.py
++++ b/tests/fprintd.py
+@@ -1609,6 +1609,7 @@ class FPrintdVirtualDeviceTest(FPrintdVirtualDeviceBaseTest):
+         time.sleep(1)
+ 
+     def test_removal_during_enroll(self):
++        self.skipTest("flaky test")
+         if not self._has_hotplug:
+             self.skipTest("libfprint is too old for hotplug")
+