diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
index 5338d892df347..6859fa08574f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libarchive-c/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   libarchive,
   glibcLocales,
   mock,
@@ -21,6 +22,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-CO9llPIbVTuE74AeohrMAu5ICkuT/MorRlYEEFne6Uk=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-tests-with-recent-libarchive.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/Changaco/python-libarchive-c/commit/a56e9402c76c2fb9631651de7bae07b5fbb0b624.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-OLwJQurEFAmwZJbQfhkibrR7Rcnc9vpWwBuhKxgmT7g=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
 
   postPatch = ''