diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyslurm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyslurm/default.nix
index 7d592c7b450b..d8609ca07766 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyslurm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyslurm/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildPythonPackage, cython, slurm }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, buildPythonPackage, cython, slurm }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyslurm";
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "1rymx106xa99wd4n44s7jw0w41spg39y1ji4fgn01yk7wjfrdrwg";
   };
 
+  # Needed for patch below to apply
+  prePatch = ''
+    sed -i -e '/__max_slurm_hex_version__ = "0x1208/c__max_slurm_hex_version__ = "0x120804"' setup.py
+  '';
+
+  patches = [
+    # Implements a less strict slurm version check
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/PySlurm/pyslurm/commit/d3703f2d58b5177d29092fe1aae1f7a96da61765.diff";
+      sha256 = "1s41z9bhzhplgg08p1llc3i8zw20r1479s04y0l1vx0ak51b6w0k";
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [ cython slurm ];
   setupPyBuildFlags = [ "--slurm-lib=${slurm}/lib" "--slurm-inc=${slurm.dev}/include" ];