diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jug/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jug/default.nix
index 6a350d59be6..cb6aa142db0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jug/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jug/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, fetchpatch
 , nose, numpy
 , bottle, pyyaml, redis, six
 , zlib }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "Jug";
-  version = "1.6.7";
+  version = "1.6.8";
   buildInputs = [ nose numpy ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     bottle
@@ -16,9 +16,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     zlib
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix numpy usage. Remove with the next release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/luispedro/jug/commit/814405ce1553d3d2e2e96cfbeae05d63dc4f2491.patch";
+      sha256 = "1l8sssp856dmhxbnv3pzxgwgpv6rb884l0in5x7q19czwn5a4vmv";
+      excludes = [ "ChangeLog" ];
+    })
+  ];
+
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "a7faba838f3437163ae8459bff96e2c6ca1298312bdb9104c702685178d17269";
+    sha256 = "0s1l1ln9s6mi2aa132gqr789nnhdpiw057j3sp54v1sbq2cwd42p";
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {