diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-timeout/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-timeout/default.nix
index 012226de0532..45e9a4b9e477 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-timeout/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytest-timeout/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , lib
 , pexpect
 , pytest
@@ -9,10 +10,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pytest-timeout";
   version = "1.3.1";
 
+  # remove after version 1.3.1
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-installation-27-3-with-encoding-issue.patch";
+      url = "https://bitbucket.org/pytest-dev/pytest-timeout/commits/9de81d3fc57a71a36d418d4aa181c241a7c5350f/raw";
+      sha256 = "0g081j6iyc9825f63ssmmi40rkcgk4p9vvhy9g0lqd0gc6xzwa2p";
+    })
+  ];
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "4b261bec5782b603c98b4bb803484bc96bf1cdcb5480dae0999d21c7e0423a23";
   };
+
   buildInputs = [ pytest ];
   checkInputs = [ pytest pexpect ];
   checkPhase = ''pytest -ra'';
@@ -21,6 +32,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "py.test plugin to abort hanging tests";
     homepage = https://bitbucket.org/pytest-dev/pytest-timeout/;
     license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ makefu costrouc ];
   };
 }