diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-flake8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-flake8/default.nix
index 9486875ff34a..c6153a23d69e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-flake8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-flake8/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-{lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytest, flake8}:
+{lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pythonOlder, fetchpatch, pytest, flake8}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pytest-flake8";
   version = "1.0.7";
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
+
   # although pytest is a runtime dependency, do not add it as
   # propagatedBuildInputs in order to allow packages depend on another version
   # of pytest more easily
@@ -15,6 +17,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "f0259761a903563f33d6f099914afef339c085085e643bee8343eb323b32dd6b";
   };
 
+  # see https://github.com/tholo/pytest-flake8/pull/82/commits
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/tholo/pytest-flake8/commit/eda4ef74c0f25b856fe282742ea206b21e94c24c.patch";
+      sha256 = "001ciy19dhsqa88rhb2b51g5sb0k4s3pz0zk2a191rnib65ll07x";
+    })
+  ];
+
   checkPhase = ''
     pytest .
   '';