diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencamlib/01-build-verbose.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencamlib/01-build-verbose.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cab8b09999d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencamlib/01-build-verbose.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git i/pyproject.toml w/pyproject.toml
+index 20be73f..3773051 100644
+--- i/pyproject.toml
++++ w/pyproject.toml
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ requires = ["scikit-build-core"]
+ build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
+
+ [tool.scikit-build]
+-cmake.verbose = true
++build.verbose = true
+ logging.level = "DEBUG"
+ wheel.packages = ["src/pythonlib/opencamlib"]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencamlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencamlib/default.nix
index 101482b80711..f9cfc3e55599 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencamlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/opencamlib/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-pUj71PdWo902dqF9O6SLnpvFooFU2OfLBv8hAVsH/iA=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Upstream status: https://github.com/aewallin/opencamlib/pull/180
+    ./01-build-verbose.patch
+  ];
+
   build-system = [
     scikit-build-core
   ];