diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_chameleon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_chameleon/default.nix
index 257be31f32d9..398869e467b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_chameleon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_chameleon/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "d176792a50eb015d7865b44bd9b24a7bd0489fa9a5cebbd17b9e05048cef9017";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid_chameleon/pull/25
+    ./test-renderers-pyramid-import.patch
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ chameleon pyramid zope_interface setuptools ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_chameleon/test-renderers-pyramid-import.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_chameleon/test-renderers-pyramid-import.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..635ed3510fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyramid_chameleon/test-renderers-pyramid-import.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/pyramid_chameleon/tests/test_renderers.py
++++ b/pyramid_chameleon/tests/test_renderers.py
+@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class TestChameleonRendererLookup(unittest.TestCase):
+         self.assertRaises(ValueError, lookup.__call__, info)
+ 
+     def test___call__spec_alreadyregistered(self):
+-        from pyramid import tests
++        from pyramid_chameleon import tests
+         module_name = tests.__name__
+         relpath = 'test_renderers.py'
+         spec = '%s:%s' % (module_name, relpath)