diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyworxcloud/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyworxcloud/default.nix
index 9094d60fe0ce..17c6ba8e37de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyworxcloud/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyworxcloud/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   poetry-core,
   paho-mqtt,
+  pyprojectVersionPatchHook,
   requests,
   urllib3,
   tzdata,
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   build-system = [ poetry-core ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pyprojectVersionPatchHook ];
+
   dependencies = [
     aiohttp
     awsiotsdk