diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonegardia/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonegardia/default.nix
index 318059d2466f..7ce66f221fb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonegardia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pythonegardia/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,44 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , requests
+, pythonOlder
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pythonegardia";
   version = "1.0.51";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "b99217e34c59bfae059db400acef99d3d32237d13da6fdce9e0d4decc9a07e61";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jeroenterheerdt";
+    repo = "python-egardia";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "7HindS++jcV3GRn/SKoTMpVOchOnLojy/TY0HZjtyD8=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     requests
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Adjust search path, https://github.com/jeroenterheerdt/python-egardia/pull/33
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "search-path.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/jeroenterheerdt/python-egardia/commit/6b7bf5b7b2211e3557e0f438586b9d03b9bae440.patch";
+      sha256 = "wUSfmF0SrKCITQJJsHgkGgPZFouaB/zbVqupK6fARHY=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # Project has no tests, only two test file for manual interaction
   doCheck = false;
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "pythonegardia" ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pythonegardia"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python interface with Egardia/Woonveilig alarms";