diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyflakes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyflakes/default.nix
index 56e6e8864526..d83c02783729 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyflakes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyflakes/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , pythonOlder
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch, isPy311
 , pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-7IsnamtgvYDe/tJa3X5DmIHBnmSFCv2bNGKD1BZf0P0=";
   };
 
+  patches = lib.optional isPy311 # could be made unconditional on rebuild
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "tests-py311.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pyflakes/commit/836631f2f73d45baa4021453d89fc9fd6f52be58.diff";
+      hash = "sha256-xlgql+bN0HsGnTMkwax3ZG/5wrbkUl/kQkjlr3lsgRw=";
+    })
+  ;
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
   ];