diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix
index 4e32c712e180..58ecce446c21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-unixsocket/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , pbr
 , requests
 , pytestCheckHook
@@ -17,6 +18,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-KDBCg+qTV9Rf/1itWxHkdwjPv1gGgXqlmyo2Mijulx4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/msabramo/requests-unixsocket/pull/69
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "urllib3-2-compatibility.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/msabramo/requests-unixsocket/commit/39b9c64847a52ddc8c6d14ff414a6a7a3f6358d9.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-DFtjhk33JLCu7FW6XI7uf2klNmwzvh2QNwxUb4W223Q=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pbr
   ];