diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/doc8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/doc8/default.nix
index 5abb1f6d2ab0..8c687f583ad6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/doc8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/doc8/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , chardet
 , docutils
+, fetchpatch
 , fetchPypi
 , pbr
 , pygments
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 , restructuredtext_lint
 , setuptools-scm
 , stevedore
+, wheel
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -24,8 +26,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-2XqT6PWi78RxOggEZX3trYN0XMpM0diN6Rhvd/l3YAQ=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/PyCQA/doc8/pull/146
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "remove-setuptools-scm-git-archive.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/doc8/commit/06416e95041db92e4295b13ab596351618f6b32e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-IIE3cDNOx+6RLjidGrokyazaX7MOVbMKUb7yQIM5sI0=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     setuptools-scm
+    wheel
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [