diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybind11/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybind11/default.nix
index 0bdac6594062..f49c50185db7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybind11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pybind11/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fetchpatch }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pybind11";
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1kz1z2cg3q901q9spkdhksmcfiskaghzmbb9ivr5mva856yvnak4";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/commit/44a40dd61e5178985cfb1150cf05e6bfcec73042.patch;
+      sha256 = "047nzyfsihswdva96hwchnp4gj2mlbiqvmkdnhxrfi9sji8x31ka";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # Current PyPi version does not include test suite
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopencl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopencl/default.nix
index 2aaabe0760f3..624dca05e1e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopencl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyopencl/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 , six
 , opencl-headers
 , ocl-icd
+, pybind11
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "2018.2.3";
 
   checkInputs = [ pytest ];
-  buildInputs = [ opencl-headers ocl-icd ];
+  buildInputs = [ opencl-headers ocl-icd pybind11 ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy cffi pytools decorator appdirs six Mako ];
 
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "pytest>=2" ""
   '';
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
   # gcc: error: pygpu_language_opencl.cpp: No such file or directory
   doCheck = false;