diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
index 91d35a1bfec2..f64dd6ec9b2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
+, fetchpatch
 , pytest
 , numpy
 , libsndfile
@@ -19,10 +20,22 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0yqhrfz7xkvqrwdxdx2ydy4h467sk7z3gf984y1x2cq7cm1gy329";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix build on macOS arm64, https://github.com/bastibe/python-soundfile/pull/332
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/bastibe/python-soundfile/commit/e554e9ce8bed96207d587e6aa661e4b08f1c6a79.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-vu/7s5q4I3yBnoNHmmFmcXvOLFcPwY9ri9ri6cKLDwU=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   checkInputs = [ pytest ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy libsndfile cffi ];
   propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
 
+  # Test fails on aarch64-darwin with `MemoryError`, 53 failed, 31 errors, see
+  # https://github.com/bastibe/python-soundfile/issues/331
+  doCheck = stdenv.system != "aarch64-darwin";
+
   meta = {
     description = "An audio library based on libsndfile, CFFI and NumPy";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;