diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/batchgenerators/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/batchgenerators/default.nix
index 63aa7883e3a9..bfc52c99ef5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/batchgenerators/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/batchgenerators/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , isPy27
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , pytest
 , unittest2
 , future
@@ -27,6 +28,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/MIC-DKFZ/batchgenerators/pull/59.patch";
+      sha256 = "171b3dm40yn0wi91m9s2nq3j565s1w39jpdf1mvc03rn75i8vdp0";
+    })
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     future numpy pillow scipy scikitlearn scikitimage threadpoolctl
   ];