diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/shiboken.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/shiboken.nix
index cef78c21550..0864b641cdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/shiboken.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/shiboken.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, cmake, buildPythonPackage, libxml2, libxslt, pysideApiextractor, pysideGeneratorrunner, python, sphinx, qt4, isPy3k, isPy35 }:
+{ lib, fetchurl, cmake, buildPythonPackage, libxml2, libxslt, pysideApiextractor, pysideGeneratorrunner, python, sphinx, qt4, isPy3k, isPy35, isPy36 }:
 
 # This derivation provides a Python module and should therefore be called via `python-packages.nix`.
 # Python 3.5 is not supported: https://github.com/PySide/Shiboken/issues/77
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     substituteInPlace generator/CMakeLists.txt --replace \
       \"$\{GENERATORRUNNER_PLUGIN_DIR}\" lib/generatorrunner/
   '';
-  patches = if isPy35 then [ ./shiboken_py35.patch ] else null;
+  patches = if (isPy35 || isPy36) then [ ./shiboken_py35.patch ] else null;
 
   cmakeFlags = if isPy3k then "-DUSE_PYTHON3=TRUE" else null;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/shiboken_py35.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/shiboken_py35.patch
index 5642ddc594d..32088144ed7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/shiboken_py35.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyside/shiboken_py35.patch
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindPython3Libs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindPython3Libs
  # CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORKS(Python)
  
 -FOREACH(_CURRENT_VERSION 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0)
-+FOREACH(_CURRENT_VERSION 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0)
++FOREACH(_CURRENT_VERSION 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0)
    IF(_CURRENT_VERSION GREATER 3.1)
        SET(_32FLAGS "m" "u" "mu" "dm" "du" "dmu" "")
    ELSE()