diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycassa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycassa/default.nix
index 3791efc0e2e..d5b6805c2bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycassa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycassa/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 { stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, thrift, isPy3k }:
 
+let
+
+  thrift' = thrift.overridePythonAttrs (old: rec {
+    version = "0.9.3";
+    src= fetchPypi {
+      inherit (old) pname;
+      inherit version;
+      sha256 = "0zl7cgckqy9j5vq8wyfzw82q1blkdpsblnmhv8c6ffcxs4xkvg6z";
+    };
+  });
+
+in
+
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pycassa";
   version = "1.11.2";
@@ -15,7 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # running
   doCheck = false;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ thrift ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ thrift' ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "A python client library for Apache Cassandra";