diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
index 6b32660ad02db..b69bf47c96d76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyssim/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, numpy, scipy, pillow }:
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, numpy, scipy, pillow, fetchpatch }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pyssim";
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-VvxQTvDTDms6Ccyclbf9P0HEQksl5atPPzHuH8yXTmc=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # "Replace Image.ANTIALIAS with Image.LANCZOS"
+    # Image.ANTIALIAS has been removed in Pillow 10.0.0,
+    # the version currently in nixpkgs,
+    # and Image.LANCZOS is a drop-in since Pillow 2.7.0.
+    # https://github.com/jterrace/pyssim/pull/45
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/jterrace/pyssim/commit/db4296c12ca9c027eb9cd61b52195a78dfcc6711.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-wNp47EFtjXv6jIFX25IErXg83ksmGRNFKNeMFS+tP6s=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # Tests are copied from .travis.yml
   checkPhase = ''
     $out/bin/pyssim test-images/test1-1.png test-images/test1-1.png | grep 1