diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ht/httpstat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ht/httpstat/package.nix
index fc9382a891fe..e8790b593fea 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ht/httpstat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ht/httpstat/package.nix
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     sha256 = "sha256-dOHFLw8suvpuZkcKEzq5HktMYBGE7+vtTD609TkAFfw=";
   };
 
+  # python3.8+ changed AST parsing, so until upstream builds against newer versions this has to do
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace-fail \
+      "version=get_version()" \
+      "version='${finalAttrs.version}'"
+  '';
+
   build-system = with python3Packages; [ setuptools ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # No tests
   buildInputs = [ glibcLocales ];
   runtimeDeps = [ curl ];