diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/piexif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/piexif/default.nix
index c08ee8338b0a..440df36384c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/piexif/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/piexif/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pillow }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pillow }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "piexif";
   version = "1.1.3";
 
+  # patch does not apply to PyPI sdist due to different line endings
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hMatoba";
+    repo = "Piexif";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1akmaxq1cjr8wghwaaql1bd3sajl8psshl58lprgfsigrvnklp8b";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Fix tests with Pillow >= 7.2.0: https://github.com/hMatoba/Piexif/pull/109
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/hMatoba/Piexif/commit/5209b53e9689ce28dcd045f384633378d619718f.patch";
+      sha256 = "0ak571jf76r1vszp2g3cd5c16fz2zkbi43scayy933m5qdrhd8g1";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # Pillow needed for unit tests
   checkInputs = [ pillow ];
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    extension = "zip";
-    sha256 = "06sz58q4mrw472p8fbnq7wsj8zpi5js5r8phm2hiwfmz0v33bjw3";
-  };
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Simplify Exif manipulations with Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hMatoba/Piexif";