diff --git a/pkgs/patches/zipp/pyproject.patch b/pkgs/patches/zipp/pyproject.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/patches/zipp/pyproject.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff -rup zip-1.2.0-orig/pyproject.toml zip-1.2.0/pyproject.toml
+--- zip-1.2.0-orig/pyproject.toml	2021-03-23 10:55:37.000000000 +0100
++++ zip-1.2.0/pyproject.toml	2021-03-23 10:56:05.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=34.4", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=1.15"]
++requires = ["setuptools<42.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm<6.0.0"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+ [tool.black]
diff --git a/pkgs/python-packages-overrides.nix b/pkgs/python-packages-overrides.nix
--- a/pkgs/python-packages-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/python-packages-overrides.nix
@@ -108,14 +108,17 @@ self: super: {
       self."setuptools-scm"
     ];
 
+  });
+
   "zipp" = super."zipp".override (attrs: {
+    patches = [
+      ./patches/zipp/pyproject.patch
+    ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = attrs.propagatedBuildInputs ++ [
       self."setuptools-scm"
     ];
   });
 
-  });
-
   # Avoid that base packages screw up the build process
   inherit (basePythonPackages)
     setuptools;