diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/correctionlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/correctionlib/default.nix
index 6c39407ae3c275..0d40e8e3ab5180 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/correctionlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/correctionlib/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
 
   # build-system
   cmake,
@@ -37,6 +38,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/issues/2277
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/pull/719.diff";
+      hash = "sha256-xarSfi9o73KoJo0ijT0G8fyTSYVuY0+9rLEtfUwas0Q=";
+      extraPrefix = "rapidjson/";
+      stripLen = 1;
+    })
+  ];
+
   build-system = [
     cmake
     scikit-build