diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sqlexpr/ppx.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sqlexpr/ppx.nix
index 7cc455b0195..863bd21c90e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sqlexpr/ppx.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/sqlexpr/ppx.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 { buildDunePackage, sqlexpr, ounit
-, ppx_core, ppx_tools_versioned, re, lwt_ppx
+, ppxlib, ppx_tools_versioned, re, lwt_ppx
 }:
 
 buildDunePackage {
   pname = "ppx_sqlexpr";
   inherit (sqlexpr) version src meta;
 
-  buildInputs = [ sqlexpr ounit ppx_core ppx_tools_versioned re lwt_ppx ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/ppx/jbuild --replace ppx_core ppxlib
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ sqlexpr ounit ppxlib ppx_tools_versioned re lwt_ppx ];
   doCheck = true;
 }