diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imbalanced-learn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imbalanced-learn/default.nix
index f5418b89e802..e0c2adb8e8bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/imbalanced-learn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/imbalanced-learn/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPy27
+, fetchpatch
 , pandas
 , pytestCheckHook
 , scikitlearn
@@ -15,6 +16,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "da59de0d1c0fa66f62054dd9a0a295a182563aa1abbb3bf9224a3678fcfe8fa4";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix compatibility with scikit-learn 0.24. This patch will be included in releases of
+    # imbalanced-learn after 0.7.0
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/imbalanced-learn/commit/dc4051fe0011c68d900be05971b71016d4ad9e90.patch";
+      sha256 = "1rv61k9wv4q37a0v943clr8fflcg9ly530smgndgkjlxkyzw6swh";
+      excludes = ["doc/conf.py" "build_tools/*" "azure-pipelines.yml"];
+    })
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ scikitlearn ];
   checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook pandas ];
   preCheck = ''
@@ -32,5 +43,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Library offering a number of re-sampling techniques commonly used in datasets showing strong between-class imbalance";
     homepage = "https://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/imbalanced-learn";
     license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rmcgibbo ];
   };
 }